I just found out I'm actually driving a SE Maxima instead of the GLE model.
For several months I thought it was the GLE because of the leather interior,
spoiler,sunroof,Bose system.But the other day I read some of the "stickies"
and they say the white gauges are only in the SE model.

 

ok...congratulations on your discovery...

 

You might have a GLE in which someone swapped in the white-gauge cluster..

 

lol, usually iys da face gauges and the rims that tell u which series it is... lol, glad ur happy

 

that is more than likely. 50 bucks for a gauge cluster, or 2 grand for the leather and what not.

if you want black gauges let me know ill trade.

 

Very good, but have you driven it yet, lol!

 

GLEs dont have spoilers. It's a 96, so it should have the sawblade rims. Not only the gauge face will give it away.

 

theres a better way to determine wut trim u have, in the stickies, i have white gauges, but i still didnt know wut trim i had until not long ago.

 

i thought spoilers were also a dealer option. plus rims get changed from time to time. the only definitive way to tell is the code on the vin plate in the engine bay. check the stickies.

 

well, notice I said, SHOULD HAVE the sawblade rims. And I havent seen one GLE with a spoiler unless someone bought one and put it on. But look at the VIN plate, and you will be 100% pos. it's not a GLE

 

touche

 

Probably the most obvious way to tell is whether or not the car has chrome door handles and trim around the windows. Wheels, gauges, spoilers, etc are all easy and common to swap (well not gauges so much) but it's darn rare that anyone would bother to change the door handles and especially the windows. Or yeah you could just run the VIN.

 

well said, I had completely forgotten about the chrome trim.

 

my cars previous owner decided to swap out my handles for the chrome ones. Looks pretty good, but its still a gxe.

 

Yeah, like Neal said, why would someone bother with the windows? It doesnt look good at all. Some people like chrome though, so I could understand the door handles

 

Its the same thing in any event isn't it?

 

even easier is if its an auto its a GLE if its stick its a SE.. GLE only come in auto.
you probley have a SEL since its leather

 

Correct me if Im wrong but werent the SE-L(imited) only available on the 99.5's ?

 

yup, all 99.5's are SELs and not all came with leather... just like a normal maxima (with SLIGHT cosmetic differences), only they were the "late production" 99s...

 

What are you talking about? SEL has nothing to do with leather, and you can get an SE in auto as well. My turbo car was originally an SE auto, and it has leather and is not an SE-L (it's a 95, SE-L is 99 only).

 

My car's a 98 SE fully loaded and Auto..so that disproves your point chuckie :P ... that's gonna change in about a month and a half when i convert to 5spd though

 

Sawblades or Honey Combs .. Hard to tell in 95/6 .. Check the VIN.

 

my 98 gxe came from the factory with chrome handles.

man, too many options on these cars.

 

They are supposed to come from the factory with chrome handles, the SE's have body color handles.

 

My SE has leather, spoiler, ABS, BOSE, homelink, 5 spd, etc. Vin confirms SE.

Check da dam VIN