Gem/Spell book icons and the "mandatory" files

[zs3000]

So, there are a few "mandatory" zips that you have to put into your Everquest folder. I am having one problem with this. I want to abide by all the rules the server sets, except, why can't I keep all the modern Gem/Spell book icons? Why can't I update everything else, and be classic that way, but actually be able to see the GOOD icons?

Now, I played back when there were some bad icons, but why do I have to purposely make the icons look bad, where Root and DS have the same icon (which is horridly bad).

Is there a way for me to install the updated "levels" of spells, and everything else, without ruining the icons? I've tried everything I can think of.

Any help and or confirmation that you can't do anything would be nice.