Coil Spring/Compensating Plate Allocation

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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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Coil spring color coding -B-	Compensating plate
One white line or one yellow line -B-	Thickness: 0.5 mm Color: natural
One green line or one blue line -B-	Thickness: 4.0 mm Color: black