Extended upper strut mount stud dimensions

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Redoing my front suspension setup and went to install extended upper strut mount studs from wheelers into my mounts - no press fit. I'm guessing that the Moog strut mounts have a larger dia hole than the OEM strut mounts or did I get the wrong stud kit?

options
1. order new OEM strut mounts
2. source different studs (if I can find any with right dimensions)
3. tack weld studs to the mount plate, last resort

 

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Ended up threading a nut on with a stack of washers to keep the stud straight and square and welded around the head of the stud on the back side. Cleaned them up and a quick coat of paint, crisis averted.

In other news, I burned through $40 of Milwaukee Torch sawzall blades cutting my control arm bolts off, only to find out that the 24 tpi hack saw blades cut in half fit into the saw, and at slow speed cut significantly faster. Just be careful, they shatter easy but I think it was $2 for 100 of them.