Heh, this brings back aweful memories....
First of all, before you do anything, it looks like you are missing one piece of tubing, the one going to the throttle body. Second, you are supposed to remove the screen from the MAF. Second, when you bolt up the MAF to the aluminum piece, make sure the surfaces meet (no air gap). JLT says that if there is an air gap, your MAF is faulty, not their responsibility, so basically, they say go pound sand if you don't like it. I used RTV to make a gasket to clear up the air gap. Third, no, the rubber 90 degree elbow does not go in the tube, you have to break your balls trying to get it OVER the tube. (it actually looks like you have it backwards in the second picture). Soak the 90 elbow in HOT water for awhile, until it gets soft, then have at it, once its on, and in place, clamp it down quick, otherwise it WILL come off. Fourth, Trash that peice of junk rubber coupler that connects the 2 peices of tubing together, go to home depot, and buy a new, longer one.
I have a JLT cold air intake on my 04 GT, I personally could not believe my eyes when I opened the box. ANYONE can litterally go to home depot, buy all the SAME PVC pipes, and make the same product for 1/4 the price, you can even see the purple glue they used to put the damn thing together. I e-mailed them and expressed my disgust with their product...the fitment, the price (for pvc tubing), the MAF issue, the fact that the fittings in the pipe weren't even screwed in, they where just flopping around, and the poor connection pieces. Their response was "if you think you can walk into a home depot and make the same product, we would not be in business"
