I'm not really happy with the leveled loot lists in vanilla Morrowind. I'd like to see more than the default 4 sets of Light Armor, for instance. I've looked over a bunch of mods, but none of them really catch my fancy. Here's what I'm looking for:

1. The mod adds multiple armor sets to the leveled loot lists instead of just heaping them onto a single merchant
2. The armor added is lore friendly -- no Altair armor, no "skimpy" armors
3. None of the stats are ridiculous (e.g., armor rating, durability, enchant points)
4. The armors aren't simply retextures; retextures with different names and stats are okay, however.
5. The armors look good (i.e., comparable to recent armor texture/mesh mods like Darknut's)

I like the idea behind H.E.L.L.U.V.A. Awesome Armor and Fliggerty's Armor Project, but the former has too many armors that aren't really lore friendly (and some look dated), and I can't find screens for the latter. Also, others people have complained that some of the armor in FAP has balance issues. I could always go into the CS and tweak stats/remove armors myself, but I'm not sure how to adjust leveled lists. Besides, I'd love to give my support to any modder that's already done the hard work for me

EDIT: I'm pretty happy with the default weapons, but if there's a good armor + weapons mod that suits my taste, I'll download with equal enthusiasm to a simple armor compilation

You could give Quorn's http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6301 mod a go or you can use http://search.yacoby.net/ to look after the mod that you like.

ES Search is the first place I looked, but thank you for pointing it out . Quorn's mod is nice, but it doesn't add as many armors as I'd like -- from what I can tell, the new armors are the corprus and elven sets.

My biggest complaint with vanilla is that there seems to be such a huge gap between both the stats and the time it takes to get some of early armor sets and later ones (e.g., Chitin and Glass). I'm not looking for particularly spectacular armors, just something to bridge this gap, with more choices in armor textures and styles.

Have you tried http://modhistory.fliggerty.com/ yet?

I hadn't, but unfortunately nothing there caught my eye. Thank you again, though

You're welcome.