turning a swift water drysuit into a scuba drysuit?

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Bowers

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im in need of a new drysuit. I plan to use it for open water dives were it is at little risk of abrasion or nasty chemicals and such. but as funding for a new suit is a bit low at the moment, ive been wondering:
could i add valves to a swiftwater drysuit to make it scuba worthy? has anyone done this with success? are there safety hazards im not thinking of?
i use a swiftwater suit at my fire dept that is very similar to the construction of a bilam scuba version and the wrist/neck seals do a great job. Ive seen these online for a few hundred bucks. Ive also seen inflator and exhaust valves that are easy to install at home that are around a hundred bucks. Makes sense to me that i could put them together and get a cheap/no bells and whistles scuba ready drysuit.
 
From what I have seen the cut of the suit is different.
 
Look at a custom suit from Seaskin, pretty good exchange rate right now with an already low price.
 
i did not go the DIY route. i found a used but good drysuit for $300. if anyone else does diy i'd still like to hear about it though.
 

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