Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, I don't play one on TV, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. My opinion is worth every penny you paid for it.
As far as I can tell, a Tapco Galil forearm and nothing else would not put you in violation of 922(r) as you are not adding any of the features described in 925(d)(3).
The only real grey area that I've found is the use of aftermarket high capacity magazines in an unconverted Saiga. Some (myself included) will say that this is OK so long as you don't add any other 925(d)(3) features as a detatchable magazine was specifically excluded from the list of unimportable features and no mention of specific mag capacity is made in either 922(r) or 925(d)(3). Others will say that a high cap mag in an unmodified rifle is a violation of 922(r) pointing to the ban of guns like the Mak90 because the ATF determined their ability to accept standard AK mags made them "unsporting."
The good news for you is that if you replace the handguards with the Tapco ones and use U.S. made high capacity mags like surefires, you have 4 compliance parts and thusly the magazine debate is a moot point as you'd be compliant anyway.
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