If you do bend and make your own lines, get a quality double flare tool. It will save you A LOT of aggravation and cursing.
Suggestions on the best and most inexpensive place to obtain one? Good brands that will do the job w/o creating more problems and frustration AND not break the bank? A quick google was showing sets upwards of $300. I could pay for a pro to do it if I was going to buy that tool.
On another thought... any suggestions on cleaning/reusing my existing lines? Initial thought was to replace, but now I'm thinking a rehab may be route I go.