I was annoyed in the beginning, but now i just try to get everywhere orange gear and take the mods into the gear you can buy in coruscant as a republic woman. Love that white/gold and the style of the helmet! Though i heard end game items are purple so you can´t remove the mods etc and so you can´t change the looks and then this will start to annoy me again.
http://img.xrmb2.net/images/168711.jpeg
love this gear!