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Only way I could see preferring the stock bars is if you lived someplace with either horribly uneven roads, or where you had to drive off-road a fair bit (in which case a 2IS is probably not the best choice anyway).
Some of you assume that he has them already, might just be asking if anyone has any regrets before dropping almost $400 on the set. I myself have not purchased them yet, only because I am not 100% sure I won't upgrade to an ISF in the next year. Would love to drive a car that has them installed at the very least to see the difference.
Some of you assume that he has them already, might just be asking if anyone has any regrets before dropping almost $400 on the set. I myself have not purchased them yet, only because I am not 100% sure I won't upgrade to an ISF in the next year. Would love to drive a car that has them installed at the very least to see the difference.
If it makes you feel any better, I believe the rear F-Sport sway bar is also an upgrade for the IS-F. The front F-Sport sway bar is basically a blue version of the IS-F front sway bar with the same specs.
To answer the OP's question, I have no regrets upgrading to the F-Sport front and rear sway bars. I started with just the rear and later added the front. The most drastic improvement came from the rear bar as others have already mentioned in the F-Sport sway bar thread. I did not notice much ride quality deterioration on the IS. The IS 350 front bar is already pretty stiff, so the rate increase is not great. On other cars like my TL and 4Runner, the front bar upgrade did make the front end feel a lot stiffer going over broken or uneven pavement, but those cars started with pretty soft front bars.