Spring color codes

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Spring color codes

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All, I’m replacing Evelyn’s leaky dampers with Bilstein B6s. As I go through the task, learning lots. One thing I haven’t been able to learn from my resources is what rear springs I’m running. The fronts are green (14mm diameter); the rears are blue (13mm diameter/13.5” total height). . The factory manual doesn’t even list blue springs. On the 2002s, blue generally means heavy duty. Anyone know what I’ve got?
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Re: Spring color codes

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You might already have this, but in case you don't here it is, the spec's from the Blue book. While no blue springs are listed, they do list 3 different wire diameters for rear springs.

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Re: Spring color codes

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Thanks, Mike. Yep, I have the shop manual and noted the same. Fronts are green and about 14mm diameter. Rears are a mystery…
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