People do it all of the time, you may have to take the rods along with the pistons to the machine shop. They are pressed on for one thing and I believe they open up the small end of the rod too to make it work. But Im not sure if they have to do that or not, all I know for a fact is that it can be done rather easily. I dont use factory rods or pistons for any of my builds so I dont have as much experience with them.