Seeing Rey and Daisy Juan’s joy is easy when they talk about Rey’s Auto Repair.
It comes through how they talk about their customers, their family and the joint future toward which they are working.
People come to Rey’s Auto Repair for more than vehicle repairs. The shop’s patrons — it’s community and now extended family — come to talk story or share a laugh, knowing their vehicle is in the best hands.
But owning a storefront location on Kauaʻi was not something Rey Juan always imagined.
His journey started with a mobile repair business, going house-to-house to help customers wherever his service was needed. Juan eventually realized, however, that a growing workload was causing him to spend more and more time on the road — not under the hood.
He needed a homebase where his auto repair business could grow and evolve.
That opportunity came at Grove Farm’s Hanamāʻulu Shops, where Juan founded Rey’s Auto Repair and began building deeper community roots.
It now reflects more than Juan’s time, work and effort. The shop symbolizes the sweat equity and elbow grease his family put into the business and their dedication.
His wife Daisy, their daughter, son and younger children along with his brother all play a part, each in their own different way.
They created together a welcoming place, where customers feel how much the Juan family cares and values them, local businesses trust them to keep their vehicles moving and the next generation sees a testament to hard work and what it can build.
Juan now hopes to purchase a lot from Grove Farm in ʻAhukini Business Park, giving Rey’s Auto Repair additional space in the future to grow and serve even more customers — who all have become the family’s neighbors.
Those plans represent more than a simple business expansion.
They are part of Juan and his family’s bigger dream: to build something lasting — a legacy — his children can one day carry forward, supporting the Juan family’s future and island community they call home.
Rey’s Auto Repair founder Rey Juan takes a break for this photo in his repair shop at Grove Farm’s Hanamāʻulu Shops. (Courtesy Photo: Grove Farm)- The Juan family is pictured at Rey’s Auto Repair, the family’s business located at Grove Farm’s Hanamāʻulu Shops. (Courtesy Photo: Grove Farm)
