Fuel hoses

[Paulprior]

I am just in the middle of replacing my hoses on a preventative basis, the old one’s actually look ok, I have done the ones around the pump and fitted a new filter, but the ones at the front look a real pain to access, the return line maybe accessible from below but the pressure line definitely needs the plenum removing at least, is there any reason I should not shorten the front of both copper pipes so that in the future this job is a nice and easy one that can be done from below, or even go full flexy hose from back to front on both sides ???

[Paulprior]

I have removed the fuel pressure regulator so I can replace that bit of hose, can I / should I replace the seal where it fits to the fuel rail ?, if so where would I get such a thing ??

[Paulprior]

I hadn’t seen these before but they look to be a good idea, I don’t recall my bends being particularly tight though, I will check on refitting them, I was surprised though at my old ones looking very good still when I removed them although they have certainly been on there for more than the 8 years I have had the car.
I have a new hose in place at the pressure side, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be even without removing the plenum, but I don’t have the clamp on it yet so we will see, the return one I think I will shorten the copper a little bit to make it fairly easy to do from below