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Old 09-12-2002, 06:12 PM
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why the name LE?

why was the 99 1/2 nissan line "maximas primarily" called limited edition?
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didn't they change the exhaust a little bit and they are the last models of the 4th gen. i'm sure they have other lil stuff different too. maybe nissan just wanted to sell as many of the 4th gens as possible while new ones were rolling out?
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Originally posted by Jepht20
didn't they change the exhaust a little bit and they are the last models of the 4th gen. i'm sure they have other lil stuff different too. maybe nissan just wanted to sell as many of the 4th gens as possible while new ones were rolling out?
i cant tell either i have a 98 se and im trying to get this 99 se-l only thing diffrent i see is the seats. they say se limited on them. thanks for the input.
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SE-L has all the options, comes with red paint, and i think that's about it (weighs a bit more i think?)
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Originally posted by LeX
SE-L has all the options, comes with red paint, and i think that's about it (weighs a bit more i think?)
red wasnt the only color.the one i want is grey/silver. but i did see a poster with the full nissan line called the le series. they were all red.
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SE-L's have slightly darker wheels (titanium finish or something like that)

dont ask me how I know
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Originally posted by LeX
SE-L has all the options, comes with red paint, and i think that's about it (weighs a bit more i think?)
NO, SE-L's can be "plane jane" if you wanna call it that. I have seen one after the other and there all different.many different colors. but 99 se-l is the year of the"bright red one". some cloth seats. some leather. only thing different that i have noticed.
1.titanium wheels
2.titanium gauges
3.se-l badgeing floormats
4.se in the seats on leather models
5."MAXIMA" on the trunk is titanium color\
6.se-l badges on the doors

maybe others but thats all i can think of.
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ditto
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Originally posted by iregula
ditto
I think that half a production year makes the model pretty limited doesn't it?
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Originally posted by 96shogunmax


NO, SE-L's can be "plane jane" if you wanna call it that. I have seen one after the other and there all different.many different colors. but 99 se-l is the year of the"bright red one". some cloth seats. some leather. only thing different that i have noticed.
1.titanium wheels
2.titanium gauges
3.se-l badgeing floormats
4.se in the seats on leather models
5."MAXIMA" on the trunk is titanium color\
6.se-l badges on the doors

maybe others but thats all i can think of.
That's correct, there are some so called "Limited" with just cloth seats or not-so loaded

As for the special edition stuff, I think you are right on above.

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p.s. Either way, I'm fortunate enough to have a fully loaded 5-spd
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Originally posted by Tifosi


That's correct, there are some so called "Limited" with just cloth seats or not-so loaded

As for the special edition stuff, I think you are right on above.

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p.s. Either way, I'm fortunate enough to have a fully loaded 5-spd
oh yeah fully loaded? do you have LSD?
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Originally posted by SLC I30t
oh yeah fully loaded? do you have LSD?
Sorry, I don't do drugs.
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Originally posted by Tifosi


Sorry, I don't do drugs.
or launches either huh?

LSD----he he he----drugs----he he he, I knew someone would say that.
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Originally posted by 96shogunmax


NO, SE-L's can be "plane jane" if you wanna call it that. I have seen one after the other and there all different.many different colors. but 99 se-l is the year of the"bright red one". some cloth seats. some leather. only thing different that i have noticed.
1.titanium wheels
2.titanium gauges
3.se-l badgeing floormats
4.se in the seats on leather models
5."MAXIMA" on the trunk is titanium color\
6.se-l badges on the doors

maybe others but thats all i can think of.
All SE-Ls have a spoiler.
Not positive, but pretty sure all have moonroof too.
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Originally posted by justmax


All SE-Ls have a spoiler.
Not positive, but pretty sure all have moonroof too.
SE's in general all have the "spoiler". i just thought everybody know that sunroof is an option....
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Originally posted by SLC I30t
or launches either huh?

LSD----he he he----drugs----he he he, I knew someone would say that.
Yeah, guess not that either!

Yeah, I guess beside the LSD part, I'm fully loaded.... My tranny is RS5F50A....oops. So to my understanding... V is LSD, A is not, right?

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aren't SE-L 99's california inspected? i read someone posting their's were and it made theirs slower or restricted in a way? someone please correct me cause i THINK i'm wrong
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Originally posted by meccanoble
aren't SE-L 99's california inspected? i read someone posting their's were and it made theirs slower or restricted in a way? someone please correct me cause i THINK i'm wrong
Shame to say, I'm an a 99 SE-L owner and I have no idea to you Q. Slower or restricted, huh??? Well, it's not slower or restricted anymore now!!!
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Originally posted by meccanoble
aren't SE-L 99's california inspected? i read someone posting their's were and it made theirs slower or restricted in a way? someone please correct me cause i THINK i'm wrong
Nope, my SE-L is Federal spec.
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Old 09-16-2002, 07:49 AM
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hey, I just bought an SE-L myself...does the difference in exhaust mean that aftermarket exhausts or y-pipes that would fit on other 99's won't fit on the 99.5? If so, what year would fit? Sorry, I'm still trying to get all my facts strait about nissan.... Thanks.
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i got the limited edition in canada which is the maxima ES limited.

mine doesn't have leather, sunroof, or a spoiler though it does have LSD
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