You can't get air out of the lowers: all air in the MC will be on top. I bled mine without drama by doing the pedal-loosen-tighten sequence with each of the top fittings a few times. It was a bit messy, but cleaned up with some degreaser.

-Philip Maynard '95 Contour [71 STS | Track Whore] '97 Miata [71 ES | Boulevard Pimp] 2006 autocross results