About Fesler
In 1996 Chris and Carrie Fesler were photographing and writing car features for magazines. Thirty years later, builders across the country run parts with our name on them, and it all still comes out of one shop in Phoenix, Arizona.
Chapter one
Fesler did not start in a shop. It started on the pages of niche car magazines.
In 1996 the two of them began producing complete editorial packages: Chris behind the camera, Carrie at the keyboard. They became the bridge between parts manufacturers and the magazines, handling the writing, the photography, and eventually building the demo vehicles themselves.
That is still the heart of the company. Partners in life and in business, running a shop where every part is built to look right in the photo and fit right in the car.
The timeline
Scroll the roll. Every frame is a turn the company took, and most of them started with a builder asking for something nobody made yet.
1996
Chris and Carrie start producing complete editorial packages for niche automotive magazines. Chris shoots, Carrie writes, and they learn what separates a car people scroll past from one they stop for.
1998
Two years into the magazine work, Chris and Carrie officially register Fesler as a business to build cars. The photos had always been about other people's builds. From here on, the builds are theirs.
2000
By 2000 the Fesler name is a regular at SEMA, building show vehicles for manufacturers including General Motors, Jeep, Kenwood and Kicker. At the busiest point, that meant as many as twelve builds for a single show.
2005
In the mid 2000s the shop turns from manufacturer show cars to custom builds for individual owners: Camaros, Chevelles, Novas and trucks. One that rolled in back in 2005 became "Project Blown," a '69 Camaro that made 832 horsepower on the dyno. The shop doubles in size just to keep up.
2009
Custom build budgets dry up across the country. Instead of waiting it out, Fesler launches a line of CNC machined billet parts for the people building their own cars in their own garages. That was the moment Fesler became a parts company.
2014
Fesler Detail launches with a line of detailing products. That same summer, Fesler asks builders on the Pro-Touring.com forum which cars they would want flush-mount glass kits for. Today, flush-mount glass is the heart of our catalog, made in North America with Pilkington USA.
2015
The team grows to sixteen people spread across custom builds, billet parts and detail products. The way Chris and Carrie describe it: partners in life and in business, each an equal piece of a machine greater than the sum of its parts.
2023
Fesler builds the interior for Sergeant Square, a 1985 C10 charity build for Mission 22 revealed at SEMA 2023, with Mission 22 badges worked right into the design. The same year, "Texas Heat," a '72 C10 running Fesler flush-mount glass, is named C10 Nationals Custom Truck of the Year.
2025
Richard Rawlings puts Fesler glass in his SEMA 2025 build, the Sinister Chevelle. Kindig-It Design runs it on their builds too. And two Fesler-glassed C10s, "Blue Thunder" and "Texas Heat," land in the pages of C10 Builder's Guide. Full circle: our parts are back in the magazines.
2026
Our OBS crew cab development truck logs real Phoenix miles to prove out new OBS parts before they ship. The 1978-88 G-body program opens for builders to raise their hands. And the team is still doing it from one shop at 3831 E La Salle Street.
Next
The next frame on this roll is somebody's car. Tell us what you are building and we will help you finish it right.
Talk to the shopHow a part earns the name
Every part Fesler manufactures goes through the same loop before it is approved for production. No shortcuts, and no "close enough."
The idea gets built by hand first, usually because a customer or one of our own builds needed it.
A good prototype becomes a mold, so every piece after it comes out the same.
Not a jig. A real car or truck, with real body gaps and real factory tolerances.
Fiberglass is hand laid, trimmed and finished in our Phoenix shop. Glass is made in North America by Pilkington USA.
Production parts go back on a vehicle before we sign off. Then it gets the Fesler name.
Our OBS crew cab was built to log miles, not sit under show lights. New OBS door panels, dash, console and glass get proven in Phoenix traffic first.
Meet the OBS truckWhat we make
Made in North America with our partner Pilkington USA, an OEM grade glass manufacturer trusted by major automakers. No chrome trim, no rubber gasket, just a clean body line.
Learn about our glass
Laid up, trimmed and finished by hand in our Phoenix shop. Made in America by Fesler, available raw or wrapped by our in-house upholstery team.
Shop interior parts
From bench seats with a built-in console to complete leather interiors, stitched and fitted by the same shop that builds our project cars.
See custom seatsCNC machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and assembled in house. The line that turned a build shop into a parts company.
Shop Fesler partsStarted as a collaboration with a friend in the detailing business. Products to keep the finish as sharp as the build under it.
Shop detail productsFull builds out of our shop, from supercharged Chevelles to the OBS shop truck. Several are for sale right now.
See the projectsParts we make, and parts we trust. We also carry brands we run on our own builds, like Dakota Digital, Ringbrothers and Recaro. Those are made by their manufacturers, and we sell them because we would put them in our own cars.
Our partnersBuilder trusted
"If you are looking for a flush mount glass kit, I would go to Fesler because they are Gas Monkey approved."
Off the shop camera roll
Come see us
When you call Fesler, you reach someone who knows these cars. Ask about fitment, get help mid-install, or tell us about the build.
