I'd say it's not a 97 Kilauea because of the cable routing,they didn't route the rear mech cable down the seatstay but a 98 Hei Hei did. Could someone have bagged there self a king Kahuna for pennies
I know you can't really tell just from pictures, but the paint job looks exceptional. Assuming it's not the original paint job then it must have cost a fair amount to get it done.
Why go to those lengths only to put the wrong model name decal on it, as well as the wrong tubeset sticker?