Rays Co., Ltd. (株式会社レイズ) is a high-end Japanese wheel manufacturer for both motorsport and street use. Their flagship brand, Volk Racing, features a high-tech forging process exclusive to Rays Engineering.

Wheel construction

Rays wheels are manufactured through two different processes: forging and casting. After each wheel is manufactured, the wheel goes through strenuous inspection before being packaged and shipped out. The following is a video showing each manufacturing process of a Rays Engineering wheel: Rays Engineering Manufacturing Process.

Forging

The forging process for a Rays Wheel consists of seven steps:

Types of forged wheels

Casting

The casting process for a Rays Wheel consists of four steps:

Types of cast wheels

Products

They are the current wheel suppliers to winning factory race teams of Nissan, Honda, Toyota, and Mazda in racing series such as Super GT, Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC), British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), Formula Nippon, Formula D, and Formula One. Their Volk Racing wheels are popular with owners of sport compact and import cars on the race and show circuits. Rays Engineering also manufactures wheels for car manufacturers' in-house tuning teams such as Nismo, Ralliart, STi, Mazdaspeed and Toyota Racing Development and also supply wheels to Williams Formula One team as well as the cars that appeared in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.