Coil Spring/Compensating Plate Allocation

Identification marking -A-  comprising two different colored lines (e.g. one red and one white) indicates the spring constant and spring length (depending on the vehicle version and equipment).

Identification marking -B-  comprising one colored line indicates the coil spring tolerance group (load group) and determines the thickness of the compensating plate. The colored line -B-  is white or green and (depending on the marking) yellow or blue.

Fig 1: Identifying Color Marking On Coil Spring

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The compensating plate comes in two thicknesses -arrows-  .

Fig 2: Identifying Compensating Plate

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