[Whiteshadow]

Just as the title states, I have red blotches of paint on each tire of my Yellowjacket goat. I was told by another GTO owner locally that this means something... Possibly one of the first, or last to be made for '04?

I have checked out the rest of the inventory here at the local Chevy/Pontiac dealer, and sure enough there are no red paint markings on the tires. Hell, I'm guessing it means nothing ofcourse, but I just wanted to end the curiousity in my head!

 

[westell]

the blotches on my sidewalls were pink. i would assume the blotches mean they were ok to go at the factory prior to installation on the chasis.

 

[GTOJOE]

Mine has Pink blotches ?????????

 

[SFLGOAT]

My silver a4 has the red marks. My GTO was built in 5/2004.

Check your build dates. I assume this is some type of inspection code regarding the tires from the manufacturer. Any tire gurus out there?

 

[westell]

May 04 build, here, blotches = pink

 

[79TA&04GTO]

Me too, got mine back in May, and had those pink blotches on the rims and tires.

 

[RickB]

The pink/red marks are a BF Goodrich mark, not a GM mark. I just bought two of these tires from a local tire place and they had the same pink/red mark.

Rick

 

[Whiteshadow]

Haha, that's funny. My buddy was trying to tell me that I had something "special" because I had these paint markings on the sidewalls. I knew it mean't nothing, but just wanted to check on it.

 

[rock421]

Does the pink dot happen to line up with the valve stem? I'm no tire expert, but I thought that was to be lined up with the stem for balance purposes.
I dunno?

 

[SFLGOAT]

nope, they are just random. Mystery solved. We can all sleep at night now.