Jay Mack

Boy, did I have a time of it! I just got home with my "new" '95 Maxima 5 speed. Seller told me it was an SE, but how can I tell? It does not have any badges. The model designation on the title says "MAXIMAGGS" which I suspect is a misprint. When I give the vin # to a Nissan dealer, he checks it out as an SE, but how do you tell?

Mad Dhan

easy way is to check if your gauges are white faced, as oppose to black on gxe/gle. Also you can look at the wheels and i think se's have spoilers

MaximaRider

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wheels, fog lights, spoiler, body colored trim and handles.

mzmtg

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See the stickies to decode your VIN...

That will give you hard evidence...

clee130

When will people learn?

mzmtg

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Am I the only one who looks for FAQs and such on my first visit to a new site?

Scruit

Never. The FAQ might as well not exist.

To ID an SE: Look at the silver tag on the passenger side of the firewall behind ur engine. Look at the line under ur VIN. If the 6th letter is V then U have an SE, my friend. IF not, it's a GLE or GXE - read the FAQs for fuller description.

clee130

No... the first thing I look for is a FAQ too. I mean, who wants to look like an idiot?

Jay Mack

What the ... is a "stickies"? Come on, give me a chance. I'd like to decode my VIN. What's the identifying code for a '95 SE?

clee130

Check the thread titled "4th gen FAQs" up top. It has the word "Important" in front of it.

Stickies are the thread with the word "Important" in front of them.

amb4081

I'm not sure if the 95's are same as 96's for everything, but as for the 96 SE's, they all have a rear spoiler, foglights, white guages, plus the SE wheels.

clee130

I can add a spoiler, foglights, white face gauges and SE wheels to my GXE ... does it make it a SE then?

The ONLY POSTIVE way to tell is to decode your VIN number.

RedMax95

clee why did they change the name from sticky to important, just so new users would know better?

BlkCat

With so many custom gauges available on the market its easy to fool the uninformed buyer.

Jay Mack

O.K. I have gone to the "faq" section and to the "important '4th gen.faq" thread. I did this before. There is nothing in those frequently asked question answers that gives assistance in decoding a vin for an '95 SE. Would one of you inscrutable orientals be so kind as to simply tell me: WHAT IS THE VIN CODE FOR AN SE!

amb4081

That's true. But why would someone go to the trouble of buying the SE rims when for the same if not cheaper they can get larger and better looking wheels?

Maxilicious

[IMG]www.plauder-smilies.de/love/sperm[/IMG] + Fog Lights=SE

Maxilicious

Maxima + Fog Lights/White Guages/Alloy Wheels/spoiler= SE

clee130

My bad... and I truely apologize... but it's in the "4th gen Maintenance Items" thread.

And Scruit already posted up how to decode the VIN. Look further up the thread.

clee130

That's just how it was set up I guess.

Maxilicious

clee

jiaxima96

I agree that's the only way to identify if it's a real SE or a one modified into "SE". In another word, on an true SE, one can delete spoiler, foglights, change white face gauge to black, change wheels to GXE or GLE, chrome the black trim, etc., but it still has the SE origin... Maybe nobody would do it. One thing is a little hard to do: take the SE's electronically controled liquid engine mount (standard on auto SE and GLE) out and put in the GXE type mounting.

RedMax95

guess they just like to have fun on occassion and give us some fresh new variety, i figured maybe u would have more info than the rest of us being a moderator

clee130

Not that much more info ... it's just how the software is set up I suppose. Besides, I think "Important" makes it sound a little more "important" than plain "sticky".

tammy1

aside from the factory foglights, spoiler, white guages, and fivestars- the SE has body colored doorhandles and grille plus the window molding is black, not chrome. Unless a GXE or GLE owner went to some great lengths, this should clear it up. ALso the SE has a different "sport" cloth pattern to the seats.

Bags

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what about leather?

gtr_rider

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Sport cloth

tammy1

just quoting the "brochure"...

vitas

that is weird on my title it also says MAXIMAGGS,can somebody please email me and tell me why.

mzmtg

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The Turbo Z had different cloth than the NA versions...

BlkCat

My wife says it looks like Chinchilla!