Whats the best way to instantiate armor onto a character?

It seems to change with every object I spawn. Rather than have hundreds of objects on my char and then disabling them on start to enable the one I equip which im pretty sure is extremely inefficient, how do I properly spawn objects at the correct rotation. This is the last step before I pretty much have a basic rpg ready to start pumping some content into and making quests with rewards etc I made an ID based inventory/item db and can add the rotation to its info but it never seems to work

Heres what I have so far https://gfycat.com/ThreadbareAdorableHoverfly

 

I'd create an empty GameObject as a child of the character at the correct position and rotation to act as a "bone" for the armor. Instantiate, set position and rotation equal to the "bone", and then make the bone the parent of the armor.

 

This is how I have it setup already :/
No matter which way I am facing though the object always instantiates looking the same way it seems

Code (JavaScript):

1. case 0:
2.     if(switchingItems==true){}else{
3.     if(head == 0){ switchingItems = true;
4. //set the head id to selected slots id
5.     head = inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(slot).id;
6.     eHead.GetComponent(Image).sprite = inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(Image).sprite;
7.     inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(Image).sprite = defaultSlotSpr;
8.     Debug.Log("EQUIPPED HEAD EMPTY");
9.  
10.     }else{
11.     switchingItems = true;
12.     var headBU : int = head;
13.     head = inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(slot).id;
14.     eHead.GetComponent(Image).sprite = inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(Image).sprite;
15.     inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(Image).sprite = defaultSlotSpr;
16.     inv.equipPickUp=true;
17.     inv.pickUpItem(headBU.ToString().ToString());
18.     Debug.Log("EQUIPPED HEAD REPLACE");
19.     }
20.  
21.     //Instantiate
22.     var itemsObj : GameObject;
23.     var ob : GameObject;
24.     var childCount : int  = equipmentHead.transform.GetChildCount();
25.     if(childCount!=0){
26.      Destroy(equipmentHead.transform.GetChild(0).gameObject);
27.      }
28.  
29.     db.findItem(inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(slot).id.ToString());
30.     //ob = db.findItem(inv.selectedSlotOB.GetComponent(slot).id.ToString());
31.     //var equipRotation = Quaternion.Euler(db.rotX, db.rotY, db.rotZ);
32.  
33.     var itemsObj2 = Instantiate(itemToEquip, equipmentHead.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
34.    // itemsObj2.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
35.     itemsObj2.transform.SetParent(equipmentHead.transform);
36.  
37.      //itemsObj2.transform.eulerAngles = Vector3(db.rotX, db.rotY, db.rotZ);
38.    // Transform.eulerAngles
39.       //itemsObj2.GetComponent(setRotation).setRotationTo(db.rotX, db.rotY, db.rotZ);
40.  
41.     //itemsObj2.transform.rotation.y = transform.parent.localRotation.y;
42.     //itemsObj2.transform.rotation.x = transform.parent.localRotation.x;
43.     //itemsObj2.transform.rotation.z = transform.parent.localRotation.z;
44.     //itemsObj2.transform.rotation = equipRotation;
45.  
46.     }
47. break;

Have tried all the commented out parts above but none of them seems to work
So frustrating

I have no idea how to go about this :/
How do I get it into the right position/rotation

 

You're instantiating with a rotation of Quaternion.indentity when it should probably be equipmentHead.transform.rotation

 

This still wont work for some reason
Its always off or when I try to set the rotation with another script attached to the object it seems to be random numbers compared to what I actually set it to

 

Does your armor pivot orientation align with Unity3D orientation.

 

Thank you im such an idiot
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Thanks guys

 

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ty guys wouldve been stuck with that forever!

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