Well I thought I'd finish at lunchtime today and go and sort some rust out on the o/s front wing, it was just starting to flake above the plastic trim at the top of the arch............well, after I took the trim off it was so bad I ended up taking the wing off.....
This is what I was left with, it was a replacement wing and just fell off when I undid the bolts, no underseal at all!
Fortunately the original stuff behind was OK.
Luckily I have a spare OEM wing in the right colour (needs some work though), picked it up last year when I got a spare for the bent pas side but hadn't planned on doing this side, it just looked like it would be quick touch up job. It always worries me what can lurk behind plastic trim.
BTW, how long should a battery (new) stay charged when you don't use the car, two weeks max for mine and it only has the alarm to drain it? (that I know of) Took the hatch and glovebox bulb out just to be safe a while back.
