I am thinking of buying an MX5, now it has no rust as it was only imported in 2004 but it has a couple of scratches. The worst of which i have shown below.

Is there anything i could do with this myself as a diy job to tidy it up a bit. Or If i did go to a paint shop what would they do? would it be a full panel job or is there another way???

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44820677@N03/4888109333/

Thanks

Looks to me like it's pretty deep, assume you can feel it with your nail.................... :S

You could touch up pen the scratch, leave it to dry, do another layer, then after all is dry, wetsand it back and then machine polish the panel.......... :yes:

Or if you went down the bodyshop route then more than likely they would re-paint the whole panel and more than likely blend it in to the door maybe.................. :(

Lastly you could get someone like chips away to sort it out for you............

As above, I would try filling it in first with a touch up kit. Heard somewhere that someone tried using an "all-in-one" kit, i.e lacquer and paint in one pot, and gradually built up layers of paint into the scratch using a cocktail stick, as is more precise. Once built up, the above mentioned wet-sanding was then done, and you could barely see anything at all.