When producing hot strip, HSLA(High Strength Low Alloyed) products the coiling temperature and the subsequent coil cooling is of great importance for the final mechanical properties. A thermo-mechanically coupled model has been developed where the anisotropic stress dependent thermal properties caused by the layered structure and the asymmetric cooling are included. Additionally the precipitation hardening effect on the yield strength, influenced by the thermal history during cooling was compared with mechanical tensile testing along the strip length at SSAB EMEA works in Borlänge, Sweden. Good agreement between measured and predicted yield stress variations in head and tail was obtained. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.