Just got my Spyder GT

I decided to give the Maser a shot after 5 years of Ferrari ownership. This little rocketship has really won me over.
It's fast (oh yes), it handles pretty well (loose in the cowl but very livable), it's oozing luxury (Astin like) and it looks elegant without loosing the sports car image.
I put the car in the garage as soon as I bought it, put it up on jacks and lowered it 1" all the way around. I then built a custom exhaust for it and oooohh does it ever accentuates that V8 sound!
Well, I'm ready for some warm days so I can hit the North Georgia mountains.
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It's very easy because of the Sky Hook suspension.
Buy a set of spring compressors (belt type is MUCH easier). Jack the car up and put it on jack stands.
There is a big (3")spanner nut (on the bottom of the lower shock collar, tap it counterclockwise to loosen it.
Screw it down until you have the desired distance between the collar (the one holding the spring) and the lower nut. I uscrewed mine until I had 1" between the two.
Now, compress the spring to take pressure off the threaded spring collar.
The collar is now ready to be turned counter clockwise until it touches the lower nut which is already in the desired position.
Make sure the rubber spring mounting guides are flush around the top and the bottom of the spring and make even contact with the top and bottom spring collars. Now slowley release the spring until it's seated on the upper and the lower collar.
Tighten the bottom spanner locking nut by turning or tapping it clockwise against the lower shock collar.
Now, only three more wheels to go! It only took me 3 hrs in my garage last weekend. After I finished I took the car to be aligned to be on the safe side. It did need a little touch up but I don't know if that was because of the lowering or not.
If you have more Qs PM me, be glad to help.

 

Go for it . . . you will absolutely love it.

 

I made my own. After seeing the price of the Tubi and the Stebro I got under the car and took the original resonators off and fabricated a much lighter replacement. The car sounds awsome without setting off any alarms and there is only a small amout of resonance inside at about 2400 rpm. If anyone is interested I'm thinking of having more built from my pattern and selling them for about $500 a pair.
Mine is a 2002 so it does get the wiggles from time to time. The 6 spd is great, it allows you to "participate" more in the driving excitement, plus after the warranty is over, I think the cost of upkeep on the 6 spd will be much less that the CC . . . time will tell.
I have the rubber pedals on mine which offer good grip with any shoe but don't look as good as the aluminum (IMHO). I've also been looking into a custom chip for the computer. It's supposed to raise the output by 15hp and the touque by 23lb/ft.