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How to Understand Red and Yellow Dots on Tires
Those red and yellow paint dots on new tires are installer reference marks, not warnings. Here is how to read them correctly.
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Updated on August 30, 2026
Those red and yellow paint dots on new tires are installer reference marks, not warnings. Here is how to read them correctly.
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