Scratch on wheel arch of MIL car, advice needed please

[bexVN]

Hi My Mother in Law has unfortunately scratched the nearside front wing of her car, she's quite gutted about this, she keeps her cars pristine.

She has been looking on line to find out how to fix it (and is prepared to do it herself - which I think is a mistake!)
Anyway as a regular on PH I thought it was about time I sought the skills/ experience on here (I'm usually found in the All Creatures Great and Small section!!) and maybe (if this isn't against guidelines) see if anyone could recommend someone based in the Exeter/ Exminster area (Devon) that could sort it at a reasonable cost. She doesn't want to go through the insurance if possible.

Here are some pics (not great as it was raining when we took them)







Thank you in advance for any help/ advice

[bexVN]

Yes sorry, she did tell me what depth she thought it was, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, when she described it I thought it was going to be a huge deep silver showing gash!!

I think she has already used metal polish to rub it back a bit, not entirely convinced this was a good move but this was info she got off the internet.

I'll try and get more info off her today.

[bexVN]

Rubbish pics aren't they!

I'd tend to agree that a paint job shouldn't be necessary, I think the above tips should do the job so I'll let her know. I really was expecting a much deeper scratch initially but I think only the top layer has really been scratched, however I'm no expert so checking here first seemed a logical move to me

Thanks again for the replies.

[bexVN]

Thanks again for the replies, impressed that my thread has even created a mini debste (sad aren't I )

I'll note all the opinions and see which approach seems best.