About us
95 years.
Always innovating.
It started as the American Grease Stick Company. Today AGS Automotive Solutions is the leading independent aftermarket manufacturer of brake, fuel and transmission lines — and the home of a family of brands built to fix the whole brake system, from the master cylinder to the trailer hitch.
Born in the Depression. Built to last.
Muskegon, Michigan.
1931 to today.Same hometown for 95 years.
In 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, the American Grease Stick Company opened its doors in Muskegon, Michigan. Money was tight and nothing got wasted, so the first product had to earn its keep: a clean, stainless stick lubricant you could carry like a pencil and use like a crayon. It sold for a dime.
That stick was Door-Ease, and it stopped squeaks and sticking on car doors, hood lacings, windows and drawers across the country and into Canada. Its shop-mate, Ru-Glyde® rubber lubricant, is still on shelves today. Our name got shorter. The habit of building a better fix never changed.
Today AGS is the go-to source for brake, fuel and transmission line repair, from a simple line splice to a full system replacement. DIYers and professional technicians alike count on our tubing, fittings, specialty lubricants and chemicals, backed by real people who answer the phone.
“Runs in. Won’t run out.”
Original Door-Ease and Ru-Glyde advertising from the early days of American Grease Stick Co., Muskegon, Mich., U.S.A.
95 years, mile by mile
Four companies, each built by people who got tired of doing a brake job the hard way. Here’s how their roads came together.
American Grease Stick Co. is founded
Two years into the Great Depression, AGS launches Door-Ease, a stainless stick lubricant that sold for a dime and stopped squeaks for good.
The lines the aftermarket runs on
American Grease Stick grows into the world’s leading independent aftermarket manufacturer of brake, fuel and transmission lines — home to NiCopp®, EZ-Fit®, Sil-Glyde®, Ru-Glyde®, SPLICE-LOK® and KLEDGE-LOK®.
Shop brake & fuel lineBluDot puts brakes on trailers
A family-owned business begins building OEM trailer brake systems — growing into one of the industry’s largest suppliers to RV, marine, livestock, cargo and over-the-road trailer builders.
Motive Products & BrakeQuip
In California, Matt Newman builds the Power Bleeder to bleed his own BMW’s brakes. In Australia, parts-store owner Fred Anderson starts making brake hoses to order at the counter — the idea behind BrakeQuip.
Motive Products joins AGS
The Power Bleeder — the one-person brake bleeder trusted by racers, enthusiasts and pros for over two decades — becomes part of the AGS family.
BrakeQuip joins AGS
The world leader in do-it-yourself hose manufacturing systems adds custom brake, clutch and power steering hose capability — build and crimp your own assemblies, built to international standards.
BluDot joins AGS
A second-generation, family-owned trailer brake specialist rounds out the family — hydraulic, air-over-hydraulic, straight air and electric/hydraulic systems.
Celebrating 95 years of innovation
From a 10¢ grease stick to four brands and one team. Same Muskegon roots, a much bigger toolbox.
Next stop: 100
New products like Molecure™ engine care and our Rust Solutions line are already on the road. The mission hasn’t changed: make the job faster, easier and longer-lasting.
See what’s newOne family. The whole brake system.
Each brand solves a different part of the same job. Together, they cover the system end to end.
Run the lines
Pre-flared brake, fuel and transmission lines, coils, fittings and repair kits.
AGSBuild the hoses
Custom brake, clutch and power steering hoses, crimped to spec in your shop.
BrakeQuipBleed the system
One-person pressure bleeding with the Power Bleeder and vehicle-specific adapters.
Motive ProductsStop the trailer
Complete hydraulic and air-over-hydraulic trailer brake kits and parts.
BluDotPick your road
Different specialties, same standards — and the same support team in Muskegon behind every one of them.
AGS Automotive Solutions
Brake, fuel and transmission lines, fittings, specialty lubricants and repair chemicals.
Shop AGSMotive Products
Power Bleeder one-person brake bleeders, adapters, catch bottles and bleeder screws.
Visit MotiveBrakeQuip
Hose manufacturing systems, 1,000+ fittings, tubing and tools for custom brake and fuel line work.
Visit BrakeQuipBluDot
Factory-direct, OEM-grade trailer brake kits, hoses, tubing, fittings and tools.
Visit BluDotBrands within the brand
Our promise
Built right
Tight manufacturing controls so every line, fitting and kit fits and lasts the first time.
Priced fair
Pro-grade quality at a price that works for the weekend DIYer and the busy shop.
Backed by people
Real technical support live, online and on your phone in the bay, across every AGS brand.
Questions? Talk to a real person.
One team supports AGS, Motive Products, BrakeQuip and BluDot. Mon–Fri, 8:00am–4:30pm ET.