They should be active - even though Bash has them as green and mergable. So, if I recall, I added NoMerge to them myself so as to avoid them getting merged and then I activated them.
So far I just ignored the request to deactivate them.
Also in the most recent bashing after running up on some bandits - I found http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo54/psymon11b/LLplaceholder.jpg in the inventory. Seems like the caliper bug from Frans except no calipers - first time I've seen that. I do not have all armor playable in the bash tweaks.