W530: Rails for 9mm SSD

I just placed my order for a W530 and plan on replacing the 320GB HDD with a OCZ Agility 3 SSD that I have laying around the house. I found out the SSD is 9.3mm and I am assuming the main drive bay is 7mm. What is the SKU for the rails so I can fit the SSD in there? Thanks!
Edit:
I found an adaptor that worked with the W520:
http://www-304.ibm.com/shop/americas/content/home/store_IBMPublicUSA/en_US/parts/parts_main.html
RUBBER SHEET FRU
Product:
41V9756
$13.50
$13.50
Will these rubber rails also work for the main drive bay of the W530?
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I don't know -- I never did get replacement rails. I put the 7mm SSD into the 9mm rails and it kinda sits in snugly. I wouldn't want to drop it though, it would definitely bounce around (but then, there are no moving parts!). I've considered cutting up the foam that the SSD came in to fill in the gap in the rails -- essentially the "official" 7mm rail is a 9mm rail with a divider inside to fit the 7mm drive.
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