Adding belly guard to CL Shoulders?

[l3randonf 0]

If I am standing up, my belly is extremely exposed to slap shots. I would like to take the belly guard off my old shoulders and sew on a bit of velcro to the CL shoulders. I am a bit apprehensive about trying to sew into the CL foam material. Any experience or suggestions in this?

[bunnyman666 445]

Check where stuff is sewn on your shoulders and try to go in that direction. You could also sew more abdominal protection to your pants. I am going to add abdominal to my pants as well as to the shoulder pads. I may bloody well hate that combo, as this could prove that more is not necessarily better. Bloody hell- I always want to make a better mouse trap, but it isn't always the case. Maybe I am nutters...

I have never worked with CL foam.

[Monty22 833]

That sounds like a lot of stuff in a major "hinge" area of the body. A padded flap on the pants and another hanging down don't sound like they will play nice together. There is a reason most pads that have extended stomach pads make them removable...

[Stewie 721]

i agree as above. if your going to add abdominal protection, stick with adding it to the shoulders.

[bunnyman666 445]

That sounds like a lot of stuff in a major "hinge" area of the body. A padded flap on the pants and another hanging down don't sound like they will play nice together. There is a reason most pads that have extended stomach pads make them removable...

Might hate that, fo sho. Never hurts to experiment. I use my stuff, so no resale value. I was actually wanting to reinforce the belly protection on the pants, rather than raise it up. I block a fair few shots, so I definitely want as much protection as possible.

And maybe I should have expressed it as an "either/or" thing.

[Cosmic 178]

No need to sew through the U Foam. I just used the Velcro with the sticky tape-like back on my CL shoudlies, and it is holding just fine. Problem was when I skated, the belly guard interfered with the top of my pants and it was just annoying. I wear XL CL pants though and jack them up- so if your pants do not come up high then maybe you won't have this problems.

[Chadd 916]

I would use something soft like the G-form padding or even the stuff Farrell used in their shoulder pads if I were going to make a belly pad. Something that moves with the body but still offers protection.

[mc88 160]

Get yourself some prostock hustler pants (comes with 6-pack protector). Problem solved.