Man, reading this thread is disheartening.
I got a free pair of beat up Bauer one.5 goalie pads, I want top mod them to be DEK / BALL hockey pads. I was looking at their straps etc. I had emailed them and they answered so quickly that I was really about to go ahead and purchase a ton of stuff, now not so much.
Are there other places? Im in Canada so they need to be able to ship here.