About Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts
Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts | Built From the Road Up — Made in America, Built to Last
Where It All Began: The Pioneers Who Started Something That Couldn't Be Stopped
Every revolution starts with someone who looks at the way things are done and says, "We can do better."
For the custom Class 8 truck fender industry, those two people were Glen Sawyer and John Edde — two men from very different worlds who collided to create something the trucking industry had never seen before.
Glen was the owner of Showbound Express, LLC, a man who lived on the road and understood firsthand what a truck goes through mile after mile, load after load. He knew the punishment a fender takes — the vibration, the road debris, the stress of heavy hauls across every kind of terrain America throws at you. Glen didn't just want a fender that looked good. He wanted one that lasted.
John came from a completely different world — the water. A passionate and highly skilled boat builder, John understood fiberglass at a level most people in the trucking industry simply didn't. He understood layup schedules, core engineering, gel coat integrity, and structural strength. When John turned his craft toward Class 8 truck fenders, he didn't just make something functional. He made something that redefined what a fiberglass fender could be.
Together, Glen and John became two of the first true pioneers of the custom Class 8 fiberglass front and rear fender — building designs so strong, so purposeful, and so well-engineered that those very same styles are still in production more than 20 years later. That's not a coincidence. That's mastery.
The Craft Is in the Core: Why No One Builds a Fender Like Bad Ass
Let's be direct — because that's the Bad Ass way.
Most fender manufacturers in this industry build with one of two approaches: no liner at all, or a wooden liner tucked inside and called it a day. That's it. That's the industry "standard." A hollow shell or a piece of wood. For a component that takes constant abuse from 80,000-pound rigs running coast to coast, it's honestly embarrassing.
Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts took a different path.
Built on the fiberglass foundation laid by Glen and John, the engineering team at Bad Ass developed ArmorCore — a proprietary inner structure that isn't even in the same conversation as what competitors are doing. ArmorCore is a next-generation core system engineered specifically for the demands of heavy-duty trucking. No hollow voids. No wood that swells, rots, or delaminate. No weak points waiting to fail.
ArmorCore fenders are built to take a beating and come back for more. Every Bad Ass fender ships paint-ready in gel coat and is backed by a 5-year warranty, plus a lifetime guarantee against star and spider cracking — because at Bad Ass, failure simply isn't part of the vocabulary.
And the Bad Ass Hidden Bracket System? Built specifically so it won't break off. Period.
There is no one in the Class 8 custom fender industry that builds to this standard. Not one.
Made in America. Built in Seymour, Indiana. Hand-Built for the Road.
Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts isn't outsourcing its soul. Every fender, every panel, every part is hand-built right here in Seymour, Indiana — a small town in the heartland of America that knows what real work looks like.
We build for Peterbilt 379, Peterbilt 389, Kenworth W900, and more — front fenders, rear double hump fenders, cab panels, sleeper panels, door panels, filler panels, fifth wheel covers, and custom work that fits trucks no catalog ever anticipated. If we don't have it, we'll build it. Custom is in our DNA.
This is American manufacturing done the right way: skilled hands, premium materials, obsessive quality control, and pride in every single piece that leaves our shop.
The Next Chapter: Forward-Thinking Ownership With Roots in the Real World
The legacy built by Glen Sawyer and John Edde deserves stewards who are worthy of it — and the new ownership team of Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts is exactly that.
Sam Markel brings a direct-to-consumer brand-building background from Guardian Bikes, where he helped build one of America's most recognized DTC brands from the ground up. He understands how to connect a product with the people who need it — and how to build a brand that earns loyalty.
Drew Markel is the founder and owner of One Horse — an entrepreneur who knows what it takes to build something from scratch, sustain it, and grow it without cutting corners. Drew brings operational sharpness and a builder's mindset to every decision.
Brady Riley is a firefighter — a man whose entire professional life is built around staying calm under pressure, trusting his equipment with his life, and never accepting anything less than what the job demands. Brady brings that standard to Bad Ass every single day.
Three different backgrounds. One shared belief: build it right, build it American, build it to last.
This ownership team isn't here to coast on legacy. They're here to accelerate it — expanding the product line, deepening the brand, growing the Bad Ass Nation, and making sure that every driver who runs Bad Ass parts knows they made the right call.
30+ Years of Fiberglass Experience. One Standard: The Highest One.
When you add it all up — the pioneering craftsmanship of Glen Sawyer and John Edde, the engineering innovation of ArmorCore, the hand-built American manufacturing in Seymour, Indiana, and an ownership team wired for growth — you get something the trucking industry doesn't see very often:
A company that was built right from the beginning, and is building even harder now.
Styles that were engineered 20 years ago still hold up today — not because we haven't innovated, but because they were that good to begin with. And we've only gotten better.
No one offers more fender styles. No one backs their product with a stronger warranty. No one builds with a stronger core. And no one — no one — is more committed to the men and women who run hard, haul heavy, and keep this country moving.
Bad Ass Custom Truck Parts | Seymour, Indiana
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