Am I imagining this? Did the later cars 500L era) have a plastic insert around the door hinges in the "A"-post?
Having done a major repair in this area of the bodywork it seems obvious that rainwater will easily enter the gaps around the hinge-mountings, where it will not easily get out and will settle and corrode the bottom of the wheearch and front of the sill.
This is a major splash-zone in any case, but if I could keep water out from above I'm sure it would be a benefit.
Maybe Fiat had thought about this?
Having done a major repair in this area of the bodywork it seems obvious that rainwater will easily enter the gaps around the hinge-mountings, where it will not easily get out and will settle and corrode the bottom of the wheearch and front of the sill.
This is a major splash-zone in any case, but if I could keep water out from above I'm sure it would be a benefit.
Maybe Fiat had thought about this?
