Vice Grips 7LW FTW! What a great tool, thanks for the suggestion. The passenger side bolt was pretty well rounded and it still worked.

I also cut the flexible line and used a half inch drive six point deep socket with a breaker bar on the flexible line fittings.

On the passenger side the metal bracket that surrounds the top of the flexible line was slightly bent and was preventing me from getting a good grip on the entire hard line nut. I ended up snipping that piece off with some tin snips to make more room.

Other than holding down the plastic bracket for the break-wear wires, is this piece necessary to replace?