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Part 1: Impressions of IPD antiroll bar effects? 200

Hi, all.
I'm setting up a '93 240 to give to my daughter -- for a safe handling (think active safety) car. She's an experienced driver, and drives fast, and I want her to have a well-prepared highway car. However, she also drives around a city, so also think potholes and frost heaves.
I've got all the improved brakes, bigger wheels/tires, and other stuff settled, but now I'm addressing suspension:

I'm thinking of adding IPD's antisway bars -- first question, though: I've heard that the '93 already got stiffer bars than any previous model year. So is the IPD 25/22 mm set going to be a substantial improvement over the '93's larger stock bars?

Second question: I noticed that in addition to their regular 25/22 mm version (CU6K5012), they've got another one that's 25/25 mm (CU6K5014). This latter is for "GT's and lowered", but I'm thinking, why NOT for a regular 240, too, as the extra stiff rear antisway bar might be good.
Of course, I know about oversteer, so maybe 25 mm rears might be too much rear stiffness. Remember mostly, I'm looking for safe handling, not tail-hanging-out track racing.

So for this post, what have been your impressions, especially (though not necessarily exclusively) for '93 240's, and including anyone who's put the 25/25 kit on a 240 that was NOT a "GT or lowered".

Thanks, all.






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