Shaquille O’Neal has done many things in his career that started in professional basketball and continues today in the entertainment and music industries. He’s amassed an impressive collection of cars, some of which have been modified to accommodate his 7’11’’ frame, and the most recent addition is a unique makeover of a Lucid Air.
Shaq’s Air has been turned into a two-door coupe with considerably larger doors than before. The work was done by West Coast Customs (WCC), the shop made famous by the show Pimp My Ride, and it looks like a thorough job considering it involved extensive structural modifications. The former NBA player didn’t say much about his new car other than the fact that he had it personalized to match his Rolls-Royce Cullinan (also done by WCC).
We can’t quite tell if the shape of the roof has been changed—it looks like it probably wasn’t—because the Air actually looks good as a two-door. Some of the other changes made to the vehicle include large, multi-spoke wheels with self-centering caps featuring the Superman logo and the replacement of the “Lucid” script on the front with “Diesel,” referencing his stage name as a dubstep DJ.
This one-of-a-kind Air isn’t Shaq’s only custom EV. He owns at least two Tesla Cybertrucks with custom carbon fiber widebody kits and massive 26-inch Forgiato wheels. Their transformation isn’t as radical as the Lucid Air, since it didn’t involve changing any of the bodywork, but, at the same time, they look quite different from a standard Cybertruck—they will really get Shaq noticed, unlike the Air coupe, which is a lot more understated in comparison.
Elon Musk even commented on one of the Cybertrucks, saying it was “nice” when Shaq posted a photo of it on X. Will Lucid boss Peter Rawlinson take to X to comment on Shaq's two-door Air? Probably not.
Lucid has no plans to make an Air coupe. The personal luxury coupe market has been consistently shrinking over the last decade as more buyers are moving to high-riding SUVs instead. Lucid itself just launched its second model, the Gravity, which unsurprisingly is a three-row SUV because that’s what sells these days.
