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

[CelicaQT]

Hey Supaneko,

Welcome to the site. Love the color of your ride.
If you need help with a shop for your celi just let me know. My b/f and I go to CCM Collision on 8mile & Van Dyke.
The owners are awesome, really do great work. Mainly on imports. He did my b/f's 95 Teg when he got it repainted and all our body work that we had done over the yrs.

Highly recommended. The owner (Moe) actually repainted a 6gc the same color code as yours. Actually I think it was another fellow 6gener here (Importchick95).

Let me know....

-Christee-