it is hardpiped willie. i had the upper samco intercooler hose kit already so the set up is as follows:
charge pipe > upper samco intercooler hose > hardpipe > 90degree samco > intercooler > 90degree samco > hardpipe >
180degree samco > map sensor pipe > upper samco intercooler hose > inlet manifold
m0rk - yes the crashbar is fitted, just not in the pic with the front end off. it required "significant modification" to fit
also needed to trim a couple of bits of the back of the bumper but overall i was told it was quite an easy fit. the hardest part was locating the map sensor pipe. where the wanted to fit it the had to remove the battery tray and trim it slightly and move the battery back about half an inch. its all sitting very snug in behind the front end