anti-slip rubber pads for mbp 13'

Hi all, I've been losing the anti-slip rubber pads from the bottom of my macbook pro 13'', i just wonder is this part is buyable separately? apple store guys says I need to change the entire aluminium bottom pan which would cost around £30 !!

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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 5:28 AM

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Oct 24, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Kifa.cambs

It would be useful to know where you're located. In the USA, you might try these vendors:


http://www.pbparts.com (parts and repair work)

http://www.dttservice.com (parts and repair work)

http://www.powerbookresq.com (parts and repair work)

http://www.tekserve.com (parts and repair work)

http://www.powerbookmedic.com (parts, repair work and instructional videos)

http://www.welovemacs.com (parts and used equipment)

http://www.ifixit.com (parts and excellent, illustrated online take-apart instructions)


Prices for the same parts vary WIDELY, so check around. Also, parts as small as the rubbr feet you're looking for may not be listed on the websites, so calling the toll-free numbers you'll find on most of the sites may be a good idea.


If not successful in locating the Apple parts, you may want to pick up some self-adhesive furniture feet at your local hardware store. They won't fit perfectly or last very long (heat breaks down the adhesive on them), but they may cost only a tiny fraction of what you'll have to pay for Apple feet.

Oct 24, 2011 10:32 AM in response to eww

you may want to pick up some self-adhesive furniture feet at your local hardware store.

🙂 don't do that. buy a hard shell case for it that usually come with rubber feet. similar to this. http://www.speckproducts.com/macbook-pro-seethru.html look at the shots of the bottom of the case when it's on the bottom of the notebook.


if your product is still under warranty they should have fixed the feet for you because they should not come off.

Oct 24, 2011 10:51 AM in response to TheSmokeMonster

don't do that. buy a hard shell case for it that usually come with rubber feet.


Don't do that. Those cases don't protect against anything but superficial scuffs and scratches, they trap dust and grit against the computer and grind it in, and they impair efficient cooling. And they're outlandishly expensive, bulky, and ugly. Bad news.

Oct 24, 2011 2:07 PM in response to TheSmokeMonster

eww to each his own, but a far cleaner solution then hardware furniture feet.


Cleaner, maybe. But I'd be a lot happier spending $2.49 for a couple of sets of furniture feet that no one will ever see than $50 for an ugly plastic wrapper that everyone, notably including me, will have to look at, and whose only significant effect will be negative.

Oct 24, 2011 2:56 PM in response to eww

I agree, if I get the hard shell cover for £3 (which is not possible), then I would strip off the rubber pads and glue it to my MBP. May be I should ask in the forum if anyone throwing away their wore n torn shell cover, so that I can use it's pads 😉. But it is quite annoying as two pads came of and one is missing. I need to make it myself by altering some rubber pads.


Cheers Guys.

Oct 24, 2011 8:47 PM in response to TheSmokeMonster

Those are considerably larger and more obvious (and expensive, at $1.19 apiece) than anything I was suggesting, but unlike a plastic wrapper, they'd certainly provide lots of clearance for cooling air under the machine (which is what the feet are for). I had in mind something about 1/4 to 1/3 that high, so they wouldn't be scraped off every time the computer was slid into a case or backpack. Every good hardware store has a dozen or more different kinds and sizes to choose from. Nice try, though.

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