The picture I used wasn’t a good one to illustrate the Follow Active Quad, I had tried it a few times but didn’t take picture. Martin, I did change to Area, got mostly blue on the two side faces and green for top or tread part of the tire. I checked the model for doubles, I haven’t found any. I’ve been watching the normals so no problems there. I am trying several quads at once but that doesn’t work either.
Reverting back to previous save just because I couldn’t undo anymore..but now that’s going to take some time to redo. Back after dinner or so. Or will start fresh tomorrow.