The Sako studs are larger than standard, so the holes will have to be filled and re-drilled. Keep the old studs for posterity (and Shrapnel). They can always be re-installed.
If you check out one of the Sako collector sites, you may be able to come up with a like-new original pad, if the old one has gotten too hard to use. Even if it's cracked, if it's still soft, I'd just ride. The Forester I bought recently looks worse than yours and I'm just huntin' it.
