Truck Wheels And Truck Rims

American Racing Chrome Wheels are part of the American Racing Equipment company who manufactures, distributes and markets wheels and rims for racing industry enthusiasts. They offer a wide variety of wheels for all kinds of vehicles including trucks, SUV vehicles and muscle cars.

They also provide all kinds of accessories for all types of vehicles including metal signs, posters stickers, banners, replacement caps, headgear, car care products T-shirts and jackets for both men and women. All these can be found 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.

American Racing Equipment met the needs of the street and hot rod racing sport offering lighter weight, high-tech performance wheels that took the sport to the next level. Over fifty years have passed and with it has come American Racing Wheels and American Racing Rims keeping the tradition alive with high-performance wheels and rims for the amateur, street and professional racer. As well, they also supply customized wheels for passenger vehicles, SUVs, vintage cars and trucks.

They also produce Custom Wheels for passenger vehicles off-road vehicle’s SUVs and vintage cars and trucks.American racing wheels is also known because of the rising popularity in the custom wheel fad that swept the United States in the 1960s. They were known to supply innovative designs on both wheels and rims, including the Americans, Torq Thrust and five spokes. American racing wheels Torq Thrust is now considered a classic with its tapered parabolic spoke, which is light weight and has an advanced break 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.

1700+ employees currently work in the manufacturing and distribution section of American Racing Equipment company. They carry on the vision of their founder, Romeo Palimedes who felt that attention to detail and excellence in craftsmanship would make precision alloy wheels that dominated the industry. With state-of-the-art facilities, they have produced over 3 million dollars in wheels as of 2001