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[Star Wars] Why didn't The Empire recycle the Clone Trooper armour for the Imperial Army?

It's often acknowledged that The Republic's Clone armour was of a higher standard to the armour commonly used by The Empire, So given that (to my knowledge) the majority of the Clones were being discharged by the time of the Empire's Induction, why not simply reuse the suits? It's obviously the cheaper than manufacturing several million new inferior suits and there's not much other use for them since there aren't really any other armies that size, all they need is a coat of paint to differentiate them from the armour used by The Republic.
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Clone Trooper armor was basically fitted for a single person, albeit mass produced to the billions of clones operating across the galaxy. This tends to lower the production costs and allowing more improvements done for the armor. Storm Troopers however, aren't clones and therefore multiple variations such as body type and height need to be taken in account during mass-production. Despite the drop in quality as compared to Clone Trooper Armor, Storm Trooper armor is adequate for the needs of the Empire and even robust enough to turn many lethal blaster shots into survivable wounds.