Fuel line options

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I'm relocating my tank to the rear. I didn't really plan ahead and now I'm stuck. The rear of my frame is notched, boxed around the notch and has a custom crossmember to mount the shocks right in front of the notch. This is my first time running fuel line and I'm having a hard time routing the fuel line around all that. I've been trying to use 3/8" steel line. Any bend over about 45 degrees is trying to crimp the line (using the nicest bender that autozone rents out). I'm pretty frustrated at this point. Can I use some kind of flexible line from the tank to in front of the notch and then hard line to the front? If I could make it work with two pieces of hard line, now would I mate them together. I'm new to this. Thanks.