Thanks man!
It wasn't that difficult, I just made sure i sanded some nice grooves into it so the paint would have something to grab onto. I was going to peel the chrome off but decided not to. SO, up close you can see some imperfections lol. but i think its better than the ugly gray/chrome.
unfortunately , I have struck a coolant leak. I can't pin point where. It will leak while running, but only when it wants to , so maybe once every 3 or 4 times its driven.
It will drip under the truck in multiple places. driver side of rad, passenger side of rad, and it drips off the skid plate that goes under the rad. The oil cooler/trans cooler lines (ones on driver side of rad) are wet, but its oil , not coolant. the plastic fins on that side of the rad get wet.
I took the skid plate off just now and the only thing i can see that is wet , are those cooler lines!
It doesn't overheat , and the coolant levels don't drop at all (except reservoir , but only when it leaks).