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Hello, Lucid fans! I am delighted to welcome Richard Silva (RJ) Owner, Eye Kandy Wraps www.eyekandywraps.com, and Eye Kandy Designs

www.EyeKandyDesigns.com  as my guest on this week’s Lucid Driver podcast.

RJ told me, “I’ve always been into custom vehicles since I was young working on vehicles with my Dad in our garage. I started dating my high school sweetheart in ‘98, married her in’08. Following her medical schooling she ultimately ended up at Mayo Clinic Phoenix/Scottsdale where we now have an 8-year-old girl, 4- and 2-year-old boys. I’ve owned my Eye Kandy Designs business since leaving my Architectural career in 2004 to pursue my own business in graphic design and apparel. Started Eye Kandy Wraps about 6 years ago, technically an addition to Eye Kandy Designs but just wanted to keep the two separates for liability reasons. 

When I went to 2023 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) in Las Vegas I was one of the owners that had preordered in 2022 and received my Air Touring on Feb 14, 2023. I come from a background of customizing vehicles and knew I wanted to do the same with my Lucid before I even got it. Wrapped it in May of 2023 in colored PPF, put it on full air ride suspension and changed the wheels in October 2023 to Vossen 22" wrapped in Lexani Performance tires—just in time to take it to the SEMA show in Las Vegas in November in the Flexishield Booth. Let's just say it was getting more attention than all the other cars in the booth which included a Hamilton collection exotic and Stradman's Lamborghini....not because it was worth more but because it was so unique and the first one in the world (still is) on full air ride suspension and highly customized. The following year 2024 it went again to SEMA under Strada Wheels and actually took the spot of what was supposed to be Shaq's 2-door Air ai it was not completed in time.  I'm one of two Lucid Owners regional leads in the Phoenix, AZ area and help Susanne where I can with the planned owner’s rallies. I have thrown several Lucid's and Lattes which the name came about by Debbie Doll, and I am the one who designed the logo. I've been to the factory for Lucid Family Day for two years, as well as was invited to the Lucid Gravity reveal day where I got my three hood signatures from the executives. I've driven to EV fests two years (missed this last year) and got to hang out with the Cali owners. I personally wrap Airs and Gravity’s with Clear and color PPF as well as vinyl under my Eye Kandy Wraps business.  I also own Eye Kandy Designs which specializes in making unique apparel and laser engraved and printed material which I have made several non-official Lucid merch for Debbie's Lucids and Lattes and ours that we hold here in AZ. RJ is clearly a Lucid OG

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