Slabs are built from the rims up. The story of this custom car business goes back to the mid-'80s when Cragar, a big auto parts supplier, made a wire rim that stuck way out and was sold on Cadillacs.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston's slab car culture took to the streets in the early 80s as a form of personal expression on wheels. Slab is short for slow, loud, and bangin'. The perfect description for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — "Those CAN'T be legal" said the viewer who submitted video of a Cadillac SUV rolling down the freeway with some majorly tricked out wheels, whose rims poked out half a foot -or more.