Coil spring identification

My father-in-law has got some replacement coil springs for his Range Rover
fitted by a friend of a friend. However, the machine now has a severe list
to starboard (drivers side low for the non-nautical) and I'm thinking that
the springs have been fitted into the wrong places. The springs are marked
with dabs of coloured paint on the coils and I wondered if anyone could
identify them (and the correct fitting position) for me. There are two with
just a green dab of paint (fitted to the front left and right), one with a
red dab (rear passenger side) and one with a red and white dab (rear drivers
side). Obviously as they're fitted I can't check the free-length without
removing them and it's difficult to count the number of coils in-situ. Does
anyone recognise the colour codes? Also, it seems from the colours that
both fronts are the same. I know that a Series Landrover has taller springs
on the drivers side, so maybe the off-side front is wrong?

TIA, Steve

Hi Steve
Try http://landroverclub.net//Club/HTML/Spring_rates.html

It seems to be well put together.

Regards


"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My father-in-law has got some replacement coil springs for his Range Rover
> fitted by a friend of a friend. However, the machine now has a severe
list
> to starboard (drivers side low for the non-nautical) and I'm thinking that
> the springs have been fitted into the wrong places. The springs are
marked
> with dabs of coloured paint on the coils and I wondered if anyone could
> identify them (and the correct fitting position) for me. There are two
with
> just a green dab of paint (fitted to the front left and right), one with a
> red dab (rear passenger side) and one with a red and white dab (rear
drivers
> side). Obviously as they're fitted I can't check the free-length without
> removing them and it's difficult to count the number of coils in-situ.
Does
> anyone recognise the colour codes? Also, it seems from the colours that
> both fronts are the same. I know that a Series Landrover has taller
springs
> on the drivers side, so maybe the off-side front is wrong?
>
> TIA, Steve
>
>

"Rudolph Hucker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Hi Steve
> Try http://landroverclub.net//Club/HTML/Spring_rates.html
>
> It seems to be well put together.
>
> Regards

I think, from what I see there, that there are two standard rears on the
front (the single greens), one heavy duty rear (the red/white) on the rear
off-side and one unknown (red) on the nearside rear. I'm trying to work out
in my head how a harder spring on the right rear would make it lean to the
right though. It's definitely only a single red dab, not a double red (aka
110 rear drivers side). Bit confusing!

Steve

Hi Steve
Try http://landroverclub.net//Club/HTML/Spring_rates.html

It seems to be well put together.

Regards


"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My father-in-law has got some replacement coil springs for his Range Rover
> fitted by a friend of a friend. However, the machine now has a severe
list
> to starboard (drivers side low for the non-nautical) and I'm thinking that
> the springs have been fitted into the wrong places. The springs are
marked
> with dabs of coloured paint on the coils and I wondered if anyone could
> identify them (and the correct fitting position) for me. There are two
with
> just a green dab of paint (fitted to the front left and right), one with a
> red dab (rear passenger side) and one with a red and white dab (rear
drivers
> side). Obviously as they're fitted I can't check the free-length without
> removing them and it's difficult to count the number of coils in-situ.
Does
> anyone recognise the colour codes? Also, it seems from the colours that
> both fronts are the same. I know that a Series Landrover has taller
springs
> on the drivers side, so maybe the off-side front is wrong?
>
> TIA, Steve
>
>

"Rudolph Hucker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Hi Steve
> Try http://landroverclub.net//Club/HTML/Spring_rates.html
>
> It seems to be well put together.
>
> Regards

I think, from what I see there, that there are two standard rears on the
front (the single greens), one heavy duty rear (the red/white) on the rear
off-side and one unknown (red) on the nearside rear. I'm trying to work out
in my head how a harder spring on the right rear would make it lean to the
right though. It's definitely only a single red dab, not a double red (aka
110 rear drivers side). Bit confusing!

Steve