Hey Mike,
Glad to hear you found a good TOTAN.
After I replaced my skill shot ramp, for the same reason, I added plastic tubing along the edges of the individual metal weldments, to cushion the impact from the ball. I got the idea from Ed Cheung, here:
http://www.edcheung.com/album/album06/Pinball/totan.htm
Have fun prettying it up!