Car bodywork repair

Nubley

I've scraped the wheel arch on my Mini. Some wide and deepish scratches, although no dents. Any advice on how much I could expect to pay to have the scratches repaired at a body shop?
Alternatively, is this something I could feasibly attempt to repair myself with primer, touch-up paint and clearcoat?

Slinky

My OH scraped his plastic bumper on a BMW recently. £495 to fill and respray at an out of town bodyshop.

Mildly_Miffed

Can you feel the scratches with a fingernail, going across them?

If so, it's a bit more involved, but not the end of the world. It's just plastic.

sheslookinhot

You might be able to buy a wheel arch trim in your cars colour from BMW/Mini. Worth checking. I was able to do this with my Honda Civic.

Ganga

My neighbour did similar on his car ,took it to the dealers bodyshop ,£800 plus to repair as they had to remove the front lower panel to paint it and was three coat paint finish ( well thats what they told him )

Barkin

An advantage of driving a 20 yr old car - that's not damage, it's character  

WW2 fighters had swastikas on the fusilage for every "kill". My car has a dent/ding/scratch for every trip to Tesco!

Goudy

Look for a local SMART Repairer. (Small to Medium Area Repair Technology).

They shouldn't charge excessively for a single panel repair like this and they might be able to come to you and repair it in situ.

You'll make a mess yourself, it's not a small chip or scratch. It'll need flatting, filling and repainting as a whole panel.