Beck/Arnley Steering Rack Boot Kit - 103-2947

Let me preface by saying I was a tech for some years, and am very capable of fixing literally anything on my car. I ordered the Beck Arnley rack boots individually for the same vehicle - 1995 Acura Integra GS-R.I double checked the part numbers for both sides against the year breaks for the 94-97 Integra, and 98-01 Integra as Acura (Honda) offers a totally different PS racks for those two different year spans. The difference between those racks could be unrelated like how the hard lines enter, or it could mean a different diameter of the rack body itself which would affect the fit of bellows boots.The passenger/right side boot went on without issue. Yes the inner opening needed to be stretched over the rack, but it wasn't difficult.The driver's side/left side boot? My goodness. I fought that thing to get the inner portion to STRETCH over the rack. I'm talking five different body positions, cussing, wanting to throw things, and it literally took me longer to stretch this boot over the rack housing end than it did to literally install the entire rest of the driver's side suspension I'd removed already.I've yet to steer the vehicle lock to lock because I'm doing a lot of other overhauling, but the driver's side/left side boot seems a touch too small in diameter on the inner where it stretches over thr rack housing end. The overall length appears to be too short by a touch too, but I've yet to steer lock to lock to check it at full stretch. The indention for the inner boot band isn't relaxed like the other boot - it looks distended as if it's not sitting correctly in the groove on the rack, but it simply won't because it's stretched much more than I think it needs to be.Also on the driver's/left side boot the vent nipple seems to be further away. It's pulling on the boot when connected. I could get a longer vent hose, but that's not the point. Vent nipple for the other boot was a perfect match/fit.The OEM boot for my driver's/left side was torn into bits (I needed to quickly remove the inner tie rod to compare it to ones that just arrived, so I'd know if I needed to send the tie rods back, or keep them) so I cannot compare the dimensions for the Beck Arnley driver's side/left side boot, and OEM. The passenger's side/right side is 100% identical dimensions wise to the OEM boot I removed fully intact.If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them. I have not torqued everything down completely, so I can easily remove the outer tie rod to swap a different boot onto that driver's/left side.Thanks for reading!

Hard to install on my DC2

Good product but does not fit as it claims to. I tried to install this on the driver side of my 1999 Honda Civic CX hatch with power steering. Similar to another reviewer, I couldn't install it because the diameter of the boot was too small. Accidentally poked a hole in it while trying to install, bought the other kit - 103-2865 - for both sides and they fit perfectly. OEM boots are $20 so I'll do that next time.

Fit my 95 Honda DelSol perfectly. Expect a little difficulty getting the inner portion of the bellow to stretch over the rack housing especially on the driver side. I removed one star due to the fact that this kit comes with zip ties to secure the ends of the bellow. The factory bellow is secured with a metal strap on the inside and a spring clamp on the outside. Replacing these with a zip tie just seems wrong. I purchased 1/4in wide worm drive hose clamps for the job instead. Aside from that I am happy and would recommend this product.

Not easy to install

Prepare to struggle getting this on the drivers side. It does fit, but plan to work at it

High quality and easy to insta

work very good and need little more muscle to install . thump up

For the driver side, Heat it up, grease around inside and slide it in any spray can not too big and leave it for 1 hour then heat it up againg and quickly slide it in, super easy..very high quality materials..I put this on 1995 Honda delsol si and works fine..

I have no idea of this does what it is suppose to do. I bought it for a replica K-9 build from Doctor who. This is part of his tail.

Drivers side on my 1994 Del Sol too small compared to OEM. Spent over an hour of mental abuse trying to install. With failure. I'm returning to Amazon. Honda dealer has for $40 Canadian worth every oenny