How do you find a respectable body shop?, And... What color is my car? Options

[supaneko]

My Celica is a "purple-blue." A little stumped though as far as what the color is actually called.


[Not my car but the color is the same!] Could someone let me know what color this?

That leads me to my next question: When looking for a place to get your car painted, what do you look for?

I am located in Metro-Detroit, Michigan. When I bought the car, I didn't realize at first that it was "two-tone." The driver's side is a lighter blue (seems like the driver's side was involved in a collision) than the rest of the car. Because of this, I want to get the thing painted. It does have a few nicks here 'n there and I figured that when I got the car painted, I could have those taken care of as well.

I am just not sure where to take it to. I know I don't want to take it to Maaco. I am also a little curious as to what good pricing is for having some minimal body work and a full paint job performed.

I have also heard that having it painted white is cheaper than normal paint (no one ever told me why so I don't know how true this is). If I wanted to keep the car the same color, would it cost any less?

This post has been edited by supaneko: Aug 31, 2008 - 11:05 AM

[ImportChick95]

Yep, I got my car painted at CCM three years ago. The paint is still in superb condition. (It's mostly garaged.) My combat front bumper was such a pain that I had him custom install it too. Love his work.

I went back just the other day to have him trim my SS-III splitters because they didn't fit right on my '97 celica. I haven't been there in a while so I was very suprise that he remembered me from three years back! Totally great guy. He even offered me painting tips! -If there is something that I don't have the gutts to tackle myself, you can bet that I'll be at that shop. Highly recommended indeed.

You can probably get all your dings taken out and your whole car painted at CCM for around 2k.. but what do I know. Go in and get a quote!

PS- Why not paint it yourself?