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The Automobile Industry has shown the keen significance for substitution of steel leaf spring with that of glass fiber composite leaf spring since the composite material has a high strength to weight proportion, good corrosion resistance, and tailor-able properties. The present examination looks the new material for leaf spring and it was selected as glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) and the polyester resin (NETPOL 1011) is used against conventional steel. A spring with constant width and thickness was manufactured by hand lay-up method which was exceptionally basic and efficient. The numerical investigation is conveyed by means of finite element analysis utilising HYPERMESH software.. Stresses and deflection results for both steel and composite leaf spring material were acquired. The outcome demonstrates that the composite spring has a greatest deflection than steel leaf spring and the heaviness of composite spring was almost diminished up to 85% contrasted with steel material. This paper describes the design and FEA analysis of composite leaf spring made of glass fiber reinforced polymer. The elements of a current customary steel leaf spring of a light business vehicle are taken for assessment of results