Originally Posted by Fountainhead

Engineers designed that pad in one piece. Cutting it is not advised. As another said here, having that pad break into chunks at high speed / temps when you need it most is not good. I would buy pads purpose designed with gaps/notches in between the pads.

After doing more research. No offense, but anything to do with modding a piece concerned with saving/losing my life I would do a little more research than asking a bunch of knuckleheads like me only for a definitive answer on that. Talk to an expert.