Forum:NCR Armor faction reset?

Hey. I was questing a bit for the NCR recently, and I noticed (Before starting my first quest) that when I was wearing the NCR Mantle Armor, my rep went back to neutral from accepted. I decided to use console commands to set it back to accepted when I attached the armor so I could do some quests I couldn't do otherwise (Silus Treatment).

After finishing the Three-Card Bounty Quest I went to go talk to the brotherhood so I took the armor off. When I re-attached it, NCR dissappeared from the faction standings chart again. (So I'm guessing it went back down to neutral).

Is this a glitch? Or is this supposed to happen every time I detach and re-attach the armor? Do faction increases apply with the armor on or is the only way I can increase my rep with NCR while disguised as NCR is to use console commands? ( I know they apply to my 'normal' character, but is there a way I can have them apply to me in disguise as well?)

I want to rep the NCR by wearing the gear, but the way I see it is that I can't even run side quests for them wearing their gear that require a standing higher than neutral :/

Thanks ahead for any help, also sorry for the wall of text.