Here is a pic of the damaged power steering return line (left) next to the new line (right) - the old line was pulled nearly completely straight during my off road adventure.
When I got the new line installed, I noticed that the fittings were different! The old line female connector is on the right and the new line press fit connector is on the left. Oh crap. So I pulled the new line out and then realized that the female connector on the old line comes off and the smooth end simply "clips" into the press fitting on the new line; so I installed it again and filled the reservoir and no leaks!
Finished up everything else on the list and took the car for a 30 min drive to make sure that everything was good. Ran it up to redline on a couple of freeway on-ramps and it drove perfectly.
The only thing remaining is to have the Lexan windshield installed next weekend.
