Lamp & scratch repairs

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Lamp & scratch repairs

trickydisko

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Hello, I've just had a minor accident (nobody hurt!) in my Stilo (2003 5dr), which has broken the right rear lamp cluster and put some heavy-ish scratches in the surrounding bodywork (picture attached). If anyone can provide advice on the repairs, I'd appreciate it!

A replacement lamp cluster looks to be around £50 inc VAT&del (from shop4parts.co.uk), does this seem reasonable? Fitting looks pretty simple, I've changed bulbs before and replacing the cluster should be just as easy.

For the scratches, is this something I can fix myself (no real expertise in this area!)? Halfords have 3-pen (primer, paint & lacquer) kits, would they be up to the job? I'm not overly concerned with getting it looking perfect - though it would be nice not to have it look too bad - my priority is making sure it's not going to corrode.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can provide!
 

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Had a similar prang in my Doblo.
Just ordered a new rear light cluster from main dealer & that cost £52 & sdhould be there in 3 days.
I could have saved £5 by ordering online but there's many variants so at least this way I can deal with someone face to face - that's worth a fiver.
 
A small independant garage/bodyshop will charge you from £60+ (cheap)to blow that in, they will remove the lamp to fix the repair, but they only take seconds anyway, so wont cost any more!, Ant!
 
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