No flares needed in my fuel setup...they make AN compression to barbed hose fitting...much better seal and grip than the single flare IMO. Granted the flare route is just as easy and probably cheaper but I liked the look of hard and braided lines with all the anodized fittings.

 

Read too quick and saw 'brake lines' and 'compression AN fittings' and my heart almost stopped. Haha.

I love the look of those fittings. Mine are just steel and nylon with barb fittings :-/ ugly.

 

lol...I've done many stupid things but that wasn't one of them. I ran all new steel brake lines but I used the OEM in line flare tool for those. Out of 20+ flares only had 1 leak where I cracked the flare. Highly recommend that tool.

 

Same! Used it on two full vehicles. For bubble flares on a Buick I used another fairly cheap tool as well. I think it was a Neiko off amazon. It also worked great, only one leaking flare out of probably 14 flares on that car, and a quick loosen - tighten - loosen - tighten took care of that. I was also very, very careful with prepping the end of the line and with the technique, but it goes to show you can make your own lines very affordably. I do recommend lubricating the end of the brake line with brake fluid to ensure smooth flare creation, though it's not strictly necessary,

 

Good tip on lube...I didn't do that but was **** on tube prep...after cutting I reamed the inner tube to clean it and rounded off just slightly with a file the outer. Found the technique on youtube.