Upper hose looks better with the AL shortened. My only concern is that vibration may cause the AL to work harden and crack. Otherwise, excellent fabrication work as usual.
I had played around with making a support that tied to the top of the radiator and the aluminum tubing for support but since I shortened it quite a bit and the radiator is Rubber mounted for Vibration and the motor mounts are isolated with rubber bushings and shouldn't "Flex" much, I should be alright.