Maybe you missunderstood, I am looking for a low profile half helmet that is DOT Approved. I have seen the Carbon Fiber helmets and I really like them. It's not the safety factor I was trying to cut cost, it was the expensive custom sized, Carbon Fiber price tag. It's like not buying a top of the line $800 helmet, but a Snell & DOT Approved $400 helmet. "Catch my drift"? Besides, half helmets aren't much protection anyway. All the damaged helmets I have seen were alway damaged around the face, chin, sides and back of the helmet, not really the top.
The question is:
Where can I score a low profile half helmet, one that sits low? I have a mushroom top helmet now and it's pretty dorky looking sitting up so high off the top of my head, reminds me of a hardhat.