Anyone ever heard of these thingies?

[Uber Affe]

I came across this in a porsche catalog and thought. "Hey! another useles, expensive piece of eye-candy for my car!!".

Targa Body Braces

Anyone ever seen one before and is there anything available for a beetle?
If not...How could I make some and would they serve ANY purpose whatsoever?

Apparently it bolts on the two seatbelt hardpoints and "supposedly" stregnthen and tightens the body up a bit. Sounds reasonable. BUT is it?

I've included a pic as well.

UA

[Steve C]

Hi

I dont know if would have any value on bug.

Im looking for body stiffening ideas for my new bug. Im going to replace the rear seat angled base with something stronger that will go up the B pillar a bit.

Steve