i am doing head work which is a pretty normal thing and i plan to have them hot tanked after that is done... now i ordered new valve stem seals and just after i got them i realized they were different from what were on the heads originally. the original seals bend out on the bottom that look something like a bell. the new ones i have just go straight down without the flat edge on the bottom. everything is the same size but i just need to know if they are the correct seals or not... any help would be good.. thanks alot

 

I think 02's had the seats and seals as one piece, you will need to buy new seats for the seals to go on.
reference http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=23
read the 2nd paragraph on Part 3

 

What are the part numbers?


If your original seals were one piece seal/seat and you got the older style seal, you can't install them without a spring seat.

 

well i dont have the seals with me right now but i got them from murrays and they are felpro so ill get back to you on that one