The hard piping sounds like a good idea. I still might consider the front mount intercooler. Ill know more when the truck comes.

On a different note, I spoke to Gerry at terra 2 and he assured me that the vehicle is on schedule and has cleared deregistration. Further to this, he "guaranteed" the vehicle would be in the shape that was told to me and even offered a money back guarantee in the case of a change in my situation or of the vehicle doesn't arrive.

At least if its all smoke and mirrors they have made me feel a bit better about it. Time will tell I guess.