No, I think I figured it out.
When I was crafting it I was crafting blue versions. I thought that meant I had the blue spec. Like with the quickhacks, you need a spec for each level.
Turns out when your crafting is high enough and you craft common armadillo sometimes they come out higher qualities. I don't quite get it but that seems to be the way mods work? I don't know. Game doesn't explain.