Help instantiating armor on models JS

Unity Engine
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Hello all :slight_smile:
Having a problem with instantiating models onto my character.
I use an item DB which ive made that has an objects rotation as X|Y|Z in a string.
When an items searched for, the item manager gets all the info and splits rotation into different variables. Then from the manager I can get data easily about all items quickly using db.findItem(ID); then using db.VARIABLE to get info.

But when I instantiate the object to an empty game object on my characters head when equipping an item from the inventory, the item has random transform.position/rotation values even though I set them after instantiating as a variable. itemToEquip is set when I click on an inventory button, it fetches the object using

itemManager/DB

thisObject = Resources.Load(db[i+10], GameObject);

db[i+10] = armor/objects/OBJ_test (path to where I store the game object in resources folder)

This all works fine and the object does appear on the characters head as a child all this works perfectly.
I use the code below to split the rotation info of the item which I get from the itemDB array so I can set them specifically for each item

                   rotationString = db[i+11];     // X|Y|Z
                    rotSplit = rotationString.Split("|"[0]);
                            rotX = parseFloat(rotSplit[0]);
                            rotY = parseFloat(rotSplit[1]);
                            rotZ = parseFloat(rotSplit[2]);

This all works fine and the data shows up in itemManager when I search for specific items.

Below is the code I use to instantiate my objects onto the character. Does anyone notice anything that might be wrong? No matter what I set the rotation data to it never seems to be applied to the model?

var equipRotation = Quaternion.Euler(db.rotX, db.rotY, db.rotZ);
var itemsObj2 = Instantiate(itemToEquip, equipmentHead.transform.position, equipRotation);
    itemsObj2.transform.SetParent(equipmentHead.transform);

At first I tried this without using equipRotation and just getting the pos/rot of the parent but it still wasnt set to the same

var equipRotation = Quaternion.Euler(db.rotX, db.rotY, db.rotZ);
var itemsObj2 = Instantiate(itemToEquip, equipmentHead.transform.position, equipmentHead.transform.rotation);
    itemsObj2.transform.SetParent(equipmentHead.transform);

I have just noticed that the object always seems to face the same way in the world rather than as the parents rotation

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even adding a separate script to it doesnt work

function setRotationTo(iX : float, iY : float, iZ : float){
//rX = iX;
//rY = iY;
//rZ = iZ;


this.transform.rotation.x = iX;
this.transform.rotation.y = iY;
this.transform.rotation.z = iZ;
Debug.LogError("SET ROTATION TO: " + iX + " " + iY + " " + iZ);
}
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wtf is going on with my rotation stuff?