American Racing Rims Make Your Car Appear Legit For Street Racing

American Racing Equipment Company is the parent company for American Racing Wheels, and they distribute manufacture and market wheels and rims for the racing industry. Offering a wide variety of wheels and rims, they cover all kinds of vehicles including muscle cars, SUVs, and trucks.

They also provide other accessories including banners, metal signs, posters stickers, car care products and replacement caps, headwear, t-shirts and jackets for both women and men. All of these items are on sale online.

Founded in 1956 by Romeo Palimedes, an early paceleader in drag racing, he collaborated with J. O. Ellison who owned a machine shop. Together they created the next generation in drag racing wheels using a revolutionary design that included magnesium that had a high ratio of strength to weight. These made his wheels like no others on the market. Collaborating with Tom Griffith next, they started a company that has become part of racing wheel and rim history.

Formed officially in 1956, it was a company with a vision to meet the needs of the racing community. They made high tech lighter weight wheels that were needed for the growing should street and Hot Rod racing sport.Fifty years have passed, and American racing wheels and American racing rims are now known for high performance wheels designed for the professional, amateur and street racer.

American Racing Wheels are also on the cutting-edge of the rising Custom Rims phenomenon that swept the United States during the 1960s and continues to present. They offered innovative creations that included the Americans, 5 Spokes and Torq Thrusts. The Torq Thrust is now considered a classic design with its stylish, tapered, parabolic spoke that is both lightweight and comes with an advanced braking cooling system.

This classic model in high performance and custom wheels became standard amongst enthusiasts. As one of the most famous wheels, it made a showing in the a 2005 release of Hot Rod Magazine and has been considered among the many vehicle parts that revolutionized the auto industry. American racing wheels and American racing rims introduced in 2002 a new DuPont and Teflon coated wheel, which was the result of two years of partnering with the DuPont Co. These wheels were created to be break dust resistant, and they were tested in NASCAR-like conditions. They were known to be easy to clean and were considered another step forward in wheel technology.

American Racing Equipment Company has 1700+ employees, who do nothing but manufacture over 100 crafted precision alloy wheel styles. These employees take great pride in their work and feel that they are for filling the vision that Romeo Palimedes put forth at the founding of the company. They have state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and have generated well over $3 million in sales of wheels.