So I have some questions regarding hump hoses and couplers. I believe the idea behind the hump hoses are that it will allow for expansion/contraction room in your intercooler piping. Is there not some built in flex room with silicone couplers?

The question I have is should all sections of intercooler piping (straight and elbows) be connected with hump hoses to allow for this flex in the system, or is it optimal to only have one hump hose on both pre/post intecooler side?

hump hoses allow for movement between a rocking engine and a stationary intercooler. i guess if your motor mounts are bad and you engine does move around alot a hump house would be good. but i dont see why people need them if everything is nice and stiff. one or two hump hoses are all you need in the system, one at the turbo outlet and the other at the throttle body.

technicly, you should have one hump hose on each side of the intercooler,(they dont have to be AT the intercooler, just one on each side of the intercooler piping. and regular couplers the rest of the way is fine.

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What is the ideal spot to have them located though?

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there is no "ideal" spot, it all depends on your piping. somewhere in the middle i would suppose would be best.

I don't have any hump hoses on my set-up and there is quite a bit of play with the piping and I'd say it'd be fine the way it is. but I don't really know cause I haven't driven my car much yet since the turbo got on.

I dont have any hump hoses either. No problems yet.

no humps for me either.