Cragar continues to withstand the test of time by producing quality wheels, wheel accessories, and brake rotors for everything from classic hot rods to high performance dragsters.

Since Richter's passing, Cragar® has licensed with several other companies including Performance Wheel Outlet, Carlisle Tire and Wheel Co., and the current owner, The Carlstar Group.

Roy Richter Known as The Original Muscle Car Wheel, the S/S line is our most popular custom wheel design. Since its creation by Roy Richter in the 1960s, its iconic style revolutionized the wheel industry. These unique, timeless wheels are the classics that started it all.

Way before Cragar was creating custom wheels for muscle cars all around the world, they were a small specialty shop in California that went by the Cragar Corporation. This small shop was founded by Harlan Fengler and Crane Gartz in 1930.

In 1930, Crane Gartz founded the Cragar Corporation, deriving the name from the first three letters of his first and last name. The company struggled through the Great Depression and it was eventually bought out by Bell Auto Parts founder George Wight three years after its founding.

American Eagle Wheel was a family-owned business that manufactured rims onsite until the business folded last year. Wheel Pros will invest $14 million into York County, create 300 jobs and make 400,000 wheels a year. The company plans for the number of wheels created annually to eventually rise to 1 million a year.

Roy Richter As custom cars and street hot rods became a trend, the popularity of custom wheels grew resulting in Roy Richter, the founder of Cragar® Industries, going to work to produce a wheel that promised both style and strength.

OEM wheels are made by the original equipment manufacturer and are exact replicas of the wheel that came with your car. Aftermarket Wheels are made by independent manufacturers and made to fit multiple vehicles.

Founded in 1995, the company has grown to become the US's largest manufacturer of steel racing car wheels. The company's facility in Estherville, Iowa, produces hundreds of race wheels every day, which are used by a broad cross-section of the racing community.

German alloy wheels: AEZ, ATS, Autec, BBS, Borbet, Dezent, Dotz, MB Design, Schmidt wheels.

The Torq Thrust Is Born The most iconic wheel of all time, the Torq Thrust, was developed in 1963 and is still going strong almost 60 years later. The simple, lightweight, 5-spoke design has been the most sought-after wheel design ever.

To establish its new U.S. footprint, Wheel Pros has purchased an existing 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, formerly owned by Eagle Alloys Inc./American Eagle Wheel Corp.

A World-Class Steel Foundry in Muskegon, Michigan Eagle Alloy, Inc. is one of three independent companies that make up The Eagle Group. Together, The Eagle Group provides full-service metal casting and CNC machining services, utilizing a wide variety of state-of-the-art tools and techniques.

Founder Norman Celik History. Founder Norman Celik had been in the jewelry business for over ten years before they started to sell wheels wholesale. In 1996, he began to import and customize wheels to sell to car dealers and wheel shops.

Work Co., Ltd. Work Co., Ltd. is a Japanese high-end wheel manufacturer for both motorsport and street use. They manufacture the "Work Equip" and "Work Meister" range of wheels.

Aftermarket vs OEM Wheels: Many times you can identify a factory OEM rim by checking for the vehicle maker logo on the backside (Think Ford logo, Chevy logo, etc), and also there will almost always be OEM type numbers on the back of the wheel which sometimes includes the actual part number.