coil spring paint stripe color

b9folk_old · April 9, 2007 at 10:11 AM

According to the Hipo book, front coil spring paint stripe should be red or brown. On my LH spring, I only found a couple of small bits of brownish paint that might not even be part of the original stripe.

On the RH spring, I found the remains of a white stripe. Both springs have the same dimensions and # of coils as called out in the book. I'm just trying to figure out why the white stripe. I do know that the car was damaged on the passenger side, both front and rear corners sometime early in its life. Would a service replacement spring possibly have a white stripe?

It isn't a huge deal to me, but I am curious.

Lyle

CharlesTurner · April 9, 2007 at 10:25 AM

Not sure about what the white stripes indicate, but they were used interchangeably in production with the brown stripe coils.

s2ms · April 9, 2007 at 11:15 AM

This thread has a good discussion on front spring stripes and what the white stripes possibly mean:

http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp…e&TOPIC_ID=4279

b9folk_old · April 9, 2007 at 12:15 PM

Quote from s2ms

This thread has a good discussion on front spring stripes and what the white stripes possibly mean:

http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp…e&TOPIC_ID=4279

Thanks. It is nice to have some idea what the stripe means. I'll take a closer look to see if I can find a Red/Brown stripe in addition to the white one. I did a search on this site for info, but didn't come up with that thread in my results.

SixT5HiPo · April 9, 2007 at 8:02 PM

Quote from b9folk

I did a search on this site for info, but didn't come up with that thread in my results.

Using the ADVANCED SEARCH feature might yield varying results depending on how you use it. You can use a narrow field of parameters, using specific keywords, etc., or a broad field. I always try to limit searches to the specific forums where the posts are most likely to be located. If you check the "Archived Posts" box it will only search in the site Archives. If you don't check the "Archived Posts" box, it will only search the current pages for a match. I usually will search in both places to cover all the possibilities.

b9folk_old · April 10, 2007 at 1:35 PM

Quote from SixT5HiPo

If you don't check the "Archived Posts" box, it will only search the current pages for a match.

I think that's probably where I hosed up.

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