So now that I checked out all your photos it looks like you may have set the new conduit up to sit inside the center "hump." It's hard to tell, since you didn't take a new picture of the underside of the car, but if so it certainly seems to be a big improvement versus the seemingly lower positioning of the original conduit!
One thing you might consider doing, if possible, is to weld sheetmetal across the hump on the underside of the car so that you enclose and further protect the conduit. A side benefit would be additional strength to the chassis in carrying the extra weight of all those batteries! You would probably have to make the front section of the structure removable, so that you could remove the tranny linkages, etc. from the tunnel for service.
I still can't get over how nice of a job you've done (and continue to do) on the Electro-Metro in such a short period of time! Rock on!!
Regards,
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Steve
2006 Toyota Highlander Limited Hybrid
2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid
2010 Audi A4 AWD
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