Black power steering hose?
 

I'm getting ready to make new power steering lines for my DSE rack.....with my old set up I used the Aeroquip high pressure power steering hose but have always hated the fact that its blue.... the rest of my lines are black, so it sticks out like sore thumb...

Does anyone know of a good "cut to fit and add non-crimp ends" PS hose that comes in black?

All I can find is the silver braided stainless stuff....which once again wont match ANY of my other lines in the car....

I looked when I made mine and couldn't find any. I finally decided that it wasn't that big a deal to have steel. Taping off the ends and giving it the krylon touch really wouldn't be a bad option either.

we put heat shrink tube over braided Teflon on a lot of power steering and fuel line applications and seems to work well.

Since its a cloth like material on the outside, I though about getting some black carpet dye spray cans.....

Watching the Powerblock this AM and on Offroad 4x4 they were building a steering system with PSC components and they had black hose !!!!...

http://www.pscmotorsports.com/6-high-pressure-hose.html

[YOUUBE][/YOUTUBE]I've been looking for black braided hose also......that link hose looks like oe rubber hose. It would work but have to have end crimped o unless I'm missing something.

:D Every manufacturer since day one had black hose...

With that hose you still use the re-useable type fittings.... just like the Aeroquip. If you go to their tech section, it shows them installing the ends on that type of hose.b Thats the hose they used on Offroad 4x4...

No one seems to make a black hose with a braided outer sleeve.....its all smooth..... but at least with these you dont have to have crimp on fittings. All the other high pressure black hose I've found only use crimp on

I'm not sure what kinds of operating pressure you are working with. But Russell has the ProClassic black braided hose. Its rated to 350psi, -30 to+300 deg. F. and is available in various sizes up to -12AN (about 11/16") And uses AN fittings made for that specific hose. (they are also black anodized)

I found it in the Summit catalog.

For the pressure side you'll want at LEAST 1500psi. My pump drives 1450psi. On another note, I could tell you some stories about Russell and power steering fittings..... Suffice it to say there are no more Russell fittings anywhere on my car. Just removed the last one on Friday.