Updating a piece that didn't look great

Hey Chunck! I wasn't happy with how the low poly version of the ring around the cushion was looking so I decided to go back and update it in Blender. I wanted to share the steps I took and ask you if there might be a better or more efficient way to do it in the future:

1. I deleted the low poly piece I wasn't happy with
2. I duplicated the high poly piece and cleaned it up to a lower poly version preserving the silhouette
3. I prepared the normals/edges for proper shading
4. I added the seams and unwrapped it
5. I selected everything again and packed the islands with the updated piece unwrap
6. I triangulated and exported the low poly FBX only since the high poly hasn't changed
7. I went back to instaMAT and updated the file under "mesh" and then baked again and selected "replace" for the previously baked channels data