The boot straps on your left leg need to be reversed. The outside strap should pull to the inside of your leg. It's an easy mistake. I did that right out of the gate too.
I've been testing out different levels of diluted tea water and dipping spare cloth into it but I still haven't found a shade I like yet for the cloth parts. I think I'm going to try diluted coffee water tomorrow. I originally had the boot straps on the way you said but switched one around at the last second. The ab plate looks really small on me and I don't really like the position of it in the photo. What's a good distance to have between the chest plate and the ab plate? For my body size it's impossible to get all three as close together as I'd like. I did get the chest plate to sit about 2-3 inches lower than in that photo and it'll stay there now that the backpack isn't pulling it up.
im bigger than you, and have about a 1-2" gap. if you have dropped it 2-3" from velcro-ing your chestplate in place I think you should be fine, but please post another pic anyways so we can give you some help.