Engine AC FULL kit needed. Recommendations?

Kits are centered around the compressor, this is because when you trash a compressor and the parts flow through the lines you need everything replaced to clean it out and flush to get the pieces in the line so they wont mess up the new parts. We install A/C kits all of the time at my shop. This is because installing a compressor without the full kit will usually void the warranty. Now you as an individual can do what you want and most places will charge the system for a fee but wont provide a warranty on it. Finding a kit without the compressor is not going to be easy, you can call the supplier and ask them to sell it without the compressor and some will, but again with no warranty.