A way to give old gear the stats of new gear

[Enkidoh]

Welcome!

As Anubis above mentioned, the glamour system which allows you to change the appearance of gear is unlocked by a quest in Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona once you reach level 50, specifically this quest.

Before that point, you can at least have some control of your gear's appearance by changing it's colour (not all gear allows this though - dyeable gear is shown on the character screen/inventory with it's icon having a small circle in the top right corner. If it has this circle it's dyeable, as this shows what colour it is currently dyed with, default colouring with no dye is shown as a clear circle). If you haven't already done so, the quest to dye gear is unlocked at level 15 by a very quick and easy quest at Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan, specifically, this quest.

[KhyaraBloodvayne]

Welcome!Before that point, you can at least have some control of your gear's appearance by changing it's colour (not all gear allows this though - dyeable gear is shown on the character screen/inventory with it's icon having a small circle in the top right corner. If it has this circle it's dyeable, as this shows what colour it is currently dyed with, default colouring with no dye is shown as a clear circle). If you haven't already done so, the quest to dye gear is unlocked at level 15 by a very quick and easy quest at Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan, specifically, this quest.

I just spent a few minutes typing all this out about the dye system only to look up and see you had already given the info :P

So yea, get that dye quest ASAP. You might be stuck with some hideous gear, but at least it won't be hideous gear in 5 different bright pastel colors :P