Resizing as2.0 dateChooser component

Hi,
I am trying to make a calender (dateChooser) thing that needs to be a different size I used the setSize method which changes the size of the component but it changes all of the cells sizes inside and makes some of the text . Is there a method or property that I can use to stop this? Im pretty sure its something to do with skinning it but I cant find much info.