Look...
Links to old threads flat-out don't work anymore. They bring you back to http://www.toyota-4runner.org.
I've deleted the cache on every single machine/browser I use, and it fixes nothing.
Usefullness of this site is SEVERELY marginalized.
For the chrome pieces you plastidipped, did you rough up the chrome finish first? Or did you leav it as is, so it can be removed and the original finish restored?