Well , here it goes. Before I even bought my maxima I didnt really know much about them. After reading the forum for hours and hours at work, i stumbled acorss the part to tell what kind of maxima you have. The 2nd hand dealership I bought my car from said it was a GLE, it looked like it too. Fully loaded... leather and so on, Anyways, after all this time of thinking it was a GLE, its only a SE!!!
dammit Nissan Put Emblems on your car!!! That was a problem I had when going to buy a maxima, never could tell the one I wanted because it only said MAXIMA, nothing else.
Oh well, I was tricked..... Damn dealerships

 

SE's are better, so be thankful.

 

i would rather own an se out of all of them.which is why i do.

 

i agree... SE's are better man
why you complaining for lol

Kenny

 

i love mine too. 5spd? if so even beeetter

 

what makes an SE so good? the only difference is the suspension....

my gxe 0wnz j00

 

most GLE's I've seen had GLE on the back. but SE better suspension and I'm not a fan of wood grain so saved a good Grand there.

SE owns all, fogs+a 5speed. unstopable.

 

you can get SE's wiht every package just like the GLE, plus youp have the option of a 5speed. i've owned both, and SE with everything and 5speed >>>>>>> GLE

 

yeah...NO need to complain whatsoever...SE is the Shiz.

 

If only i had a 5spd, i would have a nice rare maxima, GXE, sunroof, bose and the ONE thing i dont have that i wanted was a damn 5spd...

not too many GXEs came with bose and sunroof....

if it were black on black...nicceee....

 

SE 5-speed representing So-Cal here. I've had 3 Maximas, all SE's. This is my first 5-speed and if I ever get another Maxima, it will be 5-speed.

 

GXE's were not available with Bose.......

 

I thought you could get any option with any trim you just have to shell out the extra money for it.

except for 5speed with a GLE.

 

This was quite a few years back (98), but as I recall a fully loaded SE with all the options cost more than a fully loaded GLE

 

GLE's not available with 5 speed, Bose not available in GXE but standard in GLE, optional in SE. Sold Nissan for 7 years 93-99.

 

That's what I thought. But maybe he's bummed because the GLE costs more and he got less than what he paid for?

GLE has every option an SE would....BOSE, leather, climate, yada yada

Sometimes I wonder if the SE really has different shocks/struts than a GLE. If it does, I don't think it's noticeable.

 

Me too I wonder, either way we still replace them for something better so it actually doenst matter to us wheather the SE's suspension is better than the GLe cause at the end of the day GLE driver and SE driver are still trying to replace them with aftermarket ones.

damn stock suspension . . .

 

the 97 and up had GLE on the back, 95's and the 96's didnt differentiate with emblems

 

SHIFT_GXEsOwnEveryone.

 

lower your car black maxima...jesus christ. And i remember there being a discussion on GLE and SE suspension before, and since i've owned both, if there is a different supsension, its not noticeable. I prefer the SE because i like the rims more than the honeycomb on the 95/96 and sawblades on 97-99. The 5 star look good to me.

 

you could fit a small child in his wheel gap!






but I'm no one to talk you can fit a small animal in mine

 

You are ruthless you prevert.

 

if im not mistaken the GLE has higher book value. they start of the same Se's get high in mileage they decrease quite a bit. I think the difference maybe even 1000.

 

GXE 5 speed is the best, lightest maxima you can buy specially its a 1995. Its the fastest stock maxima that came out.

 

My SE came with every possible option plus its a 5-speed. Black on black leather, wordddd

 

SE's all the way, I would rather have an SE anyways

 

I believe the SE's have wider tires (in some years), better looking rims, fogs, spoiler, um.. that's all I can think for now..

 

is it still possible to convert a gle to a 5 spd?

 

Yes read the 4th gen FAQ and how to do's.

 

u have a maxima...be happy!

 

Nothing beats SE-L.... they come with an added 30hp

 

I love my SE with the fogs, 5 speed, and all. I actually like my manual climate control better than an automatic one. The only thing I don't like is my tan cloth, but I'm about to fix that (hehehe) .

 

Maybe he likes to go 4x4'ing. Don't make fun of him for that.

 

fastest 4th gen that came out.

se's are easy to spot. white face gauges are a dead giveaway.

 

GLE's are pimperish.

 

95 GXE here, got them se 5 spoke wheels, i love my car,
went stock for stock with a 97 gle
spanked him

 

I thought the GXE's topped-out at 112 mph due to a speed limiter, and the 112 coincides to SR rated tires??

It's funny how all the German cars top out at 128 mph due to a speed limiter. That would coincide to HR rated tires, but I believe there was some sort of agreement where the Germans would not compete for top speed numbers or something (because ungoverned theirs tend to be pretty outrageous), and only their M or S equivalents would go higher, like 155. That new 2k5 330i perf. pkg. does 155 and once again, speed limited.

 

not 112, speed limiter while in drive with o/d on stops 117, switch of o/d and have fun, i took it up to 134 once

 

I would choose SE over GLE even if I have to pay more.
SE all the way!!!

and I have GXE


my GXE never had speed limiter I don't know why

 

The suspension is definetly different, just look at a stock SE standing next to a GLE or a GXE, you'll notice that the back of the SE is lower than the front, not so with the GLE/GXE.