I inherited a 1995 Saturn SL2 4-door sedan when it was 2-yr old.. I’ve driven it about 350K miles and love it! I do not ever intend to have another car — restoring it as I go. I found a mechanic who helped me with replacing/repairing everything mechanical and am ready to start with cosmetics. I was within a week of starting interior spruce-ups when a 20s-something girl (rushing to a law class for which she was late) side-swiped me — so now I have to switch to restoring/repairing the passenger-side doors, fenders, and bumpers. I am not “handy” and need to find a body person who will take care to restore panels, etc.
Does anyone have a suggestion for such a professional within range of central-south Arkansas?

 

You may find that much more cost-effective to source non-rusted door SKINS and bumper covers from a wrecking yard. 95 is pretty old. I think 96 was the first year of the second generation sedans because 97 was the first year of the second generation coupes.

Since you are restoring as you go, I'm assuming you're going to paint the vehicle eventually. So it does not matter what color doors you get if you're going to have it properly prepped for paint. Only problem you can run into is if the door frames themselves got bent but if the panel didn't shatter then you are probably okay.

You can work on the interior while sourcing the skins and once you get the skins, you don't have to put them on right away anyway. Save the paint until the end.

Food for thought