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.

Shiny cars, protruding rims (some of which are on “poke”) and sound systems with 100 percent bass reaching up to 50 feet range. These are the fine details of a slab, which for Paul Wall is "my car of ...

Slab is short for slow, loud, and bangin'. The custom cars, with bright candy paint and long rims, are uniquely Houston. HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston's slab car culture took to the streets in the early ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: They're loud, shiny, brightly colored, and impossible to miss. At a quick glance, they might look like simple lowriders, but it's their iconic elbow ...

On Houston roads, I watch cars the way that I watch birds: with stupid, wordless appreciation, unable to tell an Elantra from an Optima, a willet from a dowitcher. Often, I know that I've spotted ...

Maxion Wheels, which produces steel light vehicle wheels, has certified the slab produced at Vale’s steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem (CSP) in Ceara state, according to a media report by ...

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 ...