First off, I'm only talking about kinks that end up in the rubber portion of the hoses after they are hooked up, not straight out of the bag. I'm trying to finish up replacing the whole A/C system with the exception of the Evaporator. But I noticed that after I had the hoses hooked up, the rubber part of each "side" had a kink. The suction hose (large diam.) appears to be identical to the factory hose that came of. The discharge (small diam.) is very similar, but the ends look different. The new one looks to have a longer hard line that attatches to the condenser. By the way, this is a Four Seasons part number 55451. I was thinking maybe I got the wrong part in the right packaging, but the hose itself even has a sticker with the right part number on it. Anyone ever used this part and/or run into this issue before? I was thinking that maybe the lines take a little time to "break in" and the kinks would come out? But I'm not sure so I don't wanna risk my new compressor to any obstruction of flow and end up messing it up due to excessive pressure or something?

factory line to condenser


kink in new hose to condenser


kink in new line between Evap and Compressor


length of new hard line portion to condenser

 

It may be possible it has the wrong fitting crimped on it. The 4S stock image looks like your factory line.
The longer one you have looks like the fitting from a Caprice Classic line