How to ID American Racing 200s

I have been searching around here to determine whether or not these are American Racing 200S rims or a different brand, and I seem to be even more confused then when I started.

Can anybody help me out? I have two 15 x 7's and two 15 x 10's in ford 5 x 4.5.

Thanks for the help,
Ryan

 

sure look like american daisys to me

 

I have some Torq Thrusts, and they are clearly labeled on the backside. I would think the other style Americans should have similar markings.

Lots of casting companies were copying the popular styles. If there are no markings at all, it would be very difficult to figure out who made them. I have some slot mags that only say "hecho en Mexico".

 

Thanks for the help guys. I couldn't find marking anywhere so I was curious if anybody else had a pair of these AR 200S that were marked in some fashion. The only thing I could find was a sticker that said SEMA. In doing some research I found they might be Westerns.

Does anybody know of other tricks to identify the differences?

I appreciate all of the help. Even though there are 2000 different threads on these wheels I can't find anything that differentiates the brands.

 

All the 200s’s iv had said American on the back
Yours could be Westerns

 

From this link;
http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/#TT

"These wheels, like many other American Racing wheels, were cast at a foundry in Portland, Oregon. When the foundry shut down in the late 1970s, American Racing then contracted their casting to Rockwell industries. Those wheels do not say "American Racing Equipment" on the insides like the earlier ones".

I believe that Western did make knockoffs of the 200S.
I somehow also recall US wheel may also have made a knock off(?).

Maybe search some Google images to see if you can better ID your wheels.
Whatever they are, they're damn cool enough for me to run (on the right car).

 

the later 200s if made by American had a "peace sign" and the wheel size i.e. 15 x 10 cast into the back side of rim.If there is no sign of that then it's a mystery...

 

I believe ET also made a knockoff for a while

 

The raised circle with what looks like a peace symbol is actually Rockwell International's trademark. Its on every casting or forging they ever made for vehicle parts.

John Siroonian sold Western Wheel to Rockwell in 77, so the later 200S wheels were likely cast in the former Western Wheel foundry which would've been owned by Rockwell by the time the Portland foundry closed.