Gabe Gile

The driving force behind Overkill Engineering, Gabe Gile has been building trail rigs, fabricating parts, and designing off-road systems since the age of 16 when he first bought an early Bronco from his father. Since then, Gabe’s appetite for bigger, cooler, more cutting-edge projects has only continued to grow.

After a short stint working in a 4x4 wrecking yard, Gabe hooked up with the off-road innovators at S.N.O.R.T., where he quickly developed his fabrication skills and learned about building 4x4s from the ground up. During this period, Gabe also made his first trips to four-wheeling hot spots like the Rubicon and the Hammers. From then on there was no looking back: Gabe’s passion for the world of rockcrawling was set in stone.

By 1999, Gabe’s desire to test and develop his own ideas led him to establish his own fabrication shop. Aggressive Offroad focused on hardcore Jeeps and Toyotas that regional rockcrawlers built for the most brutal conditions. From roll cages, tube beds, and bumpers to custom suspensions and his own line of beadlocks, Gabe continued to refine his R&D skills and build parts and systems that four-wheelers in the Pacific Northwest still run on their rigs today.

Eager to take his skills to new levels, Gabe launched Overkill Engineering in 2004. The new entity was conceived for the sole purpose of bringing his years of hardcore parts design to a completely new line of products for serious off-road enthusiasts. Many mainstream aftermarket companies also use his creations. And now, that flair for design has launched the most innovative product in Overkill’s arsenal: the Atomic Axle.

This one-of-kind concept is poised to change how four-wheelers think of their sport, and it gives testament to Gabe’s belief that anything can be done.

Travis Kirkman : Lil General

Every fabrication shop needs a taskmaster who knows how to get things done. Someone who has an exacting eye for detail, an insane commitment to quality control, and an absolute refusal to take no for an answer. For Overkill Engineering, Travis is that man.

In 2001, Travis was working for a big ring-and-pinion supplier when he happened to drive by Aggressive Offroad and see all the cool rigs sitting in the lot. He pulled over, walked inside to tell Gabe he wanted to work for him, and a partnership was born. The two of them have now built more than 150 rigs together, and whether it’s prototyping bumpers or hand fabbing parts for custom trail rigs, there’s hardly a product that leaves the shop that doesn’t have Travis’ signature on it somewhere.

Andon Sawyer : Wolverine

Although Andon officially joined Overkill in 2008, his affiliation with Gabe Gile goes back years. The two first met when Andon took his ’90 Toyota 4Runner to Aggressive for a straight-axle conversion. The two got to talking and before long Andon was designing logos, ads, T-shirts, and websites for the burgeoning shop.

As a professional designer and devoted four-wheeler, Andon still has the Toyota trail rig and is now doing for Overkill what he did for Aggressive: acting as the in-house design guru. Our logos, T-shirts, and websites are all products of his fevered imagination.