939 2007 Brera Spider Chassis Bracing

[mczero]

Hi Chaps,
Having recently acquired a 2007 Brera Spider 3.2 JTS V6 Q4, I just had a good look underneath for the first time. Firstly I was pleasantly surprised to find little damage from scraping which the previous owned admitted was a problem. I also found a big X shaped chassis brace with 4 steel straps about 4 mm thick and about 800 mm long, bolted to the body and meeting at a plate over the transmission tunnel. My question is:  Is this bracing normal or is it an add-on by the dealer or previous owner? Maybe it was done by Pininfarina to stiffen the body of the Spider. Have you seen it on other 939 Spiders?
Cheers,
mczero

[Brad M]

I expect it is standard bracing for the spider to make up for losing the stiffening effect of having a roof.

A Spider owner would be able to validate that.