lol. Chris, you probably routed the hose wrong, and didn't put it back in its clamps. Sometimes zip ties work wonders.
As far as cold air kits, I just redid mine. Used some 3" alum. inter cooler piping, some silicone couplers, and cut it to fit how I wanted it(don't butt the tubes right up to each other in the couplers, leave a little space so they don't rub). Drilled a hole, put a grommet in the tube, and put a little vacuum nipple in for the line from the p.s. You could do the same with some misc. 3" exhaust bends. s383 is right, this isn't by any means difficult.