SAS, YES! Dang - just couldn't make anything work trying to post on the Android phone. Took about a 1/2hour to post the pic above. Anyways, see how fat that plastic is?
Sure - can definitely cut'em down. The factory pad is a sort of hollow shell design that's not grindable to use at the smaller size at the shorter length. So - could throw a flip-flop pad or grind-to-fit pad on there. Slim-n-paint; it's just a matter of time and $. LOL. It is a fairly labor intensive mod. Here's a few after pics.
'Flaves Mini 1
Hank's Mini 2
Mini 3
Mini 4
1500 Lightning