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The rod rings were designed to fit the aftco reelseats. When I spoke with Tom Testa ( Reelcolors ) he said that he would not use them on the fuji graphite reelseats as they would not fit snugly. However, I do have one installed on a fuji reel seat but when I made the installation of the reelseat onto the blank, I made absolutely sure that there were no voids (ie air pockets) between the blank and the reel seat. I made sure that it was filled with epoxy. The reelseat was also installed in the down locking position with the threaded part forward of the reel as this was a spinning rod. I felt that the connection point being higher gave me more support. I also used some rubber material to fill in the gap between the rod ring and the threaded part of the fuji graphite reelseat to avoid damage to the threads. For my other builds, I have begun to use the aftco reelseat and the solid rod rings instead of the two piece ones.
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