i have no idea what my 95 Maxima is, i need to know if its a GLE/GXE/or SE so i can know if i need to do the speed limiter removal thing. anybody know how to tell?

 

gle= always auto

gxe = no sunroof

 

The only way to know for sure is to check the vin number. If you do a search for it you can find out how. An easy way to tell if it's an SE is if the window trim and door handles are body color and if you have white face gauges. If it's a GLE it will have every option possible and chrome window trim and door handles. Anything else is a GXE.

 

thanks. it's probably a GLE then, because it has a sunroof, and probably not an SE, because i heard those were more sporty versions and mine is kind of on the bigger and luxorious side, right?

so i don't need to do that speed limiter removal thing because those are only for GXE's right?

 

A fully loaded SE and GLE will be equally luxurious for the most part but either way you don't need to remove the speed limiter.

 

well, it has heated seats, a sunroof, the door handles and window trims are chrome, and it doesn't have white face gauges, so my Maxima is for sure a GLE right?

by the way, thanks for the quick replies everybody

 

The only postive way to tell is to decode the VIN.

 

TRIM LEVEL DESIGNATOR:
Raise your hood. Look for a shiny metal identification tag fastened to the passenger side of firewall. The top row is the Vehicle Identification Number, starting with J. The second row is model information. The first five characters are BLHUL. The sixth character is the trim level designator, defined as follows:
E = GXE
G = GLE
V = SE

 

Actually, you can tell without the VIN.

First of all, I have a GXE, and it DOES have a sunroof and power driver's seat. So that's false. Sunroof has nothing to do with it.

But these are the differences:

GXE:
Chrome Door Handles/Grille
Black Guages
Non-BOSE Stereo
No foglights
No leather
No ABS

SE:
Door handles/Grille same color as car
Different shocks
leather-wrapped steering wheel
White Guages
Fog Lights
Can come with or without leather
Can come with or without wood trim
Can come with or without BOSE
Can come with or without leather
Can come with or without ABS

GLE:
Leather, always
Chrome door handles
Black Guages
BOSE Stereo, always
Wood trim, sometimes
No leather wrapping on steering wheel
ABS is standard (I think)
Power Dirvers and Pass Seats.
Foglights

So mostly you can tell by BOSE stereo, Door handles/Grille, and Leather.

IanS

 

I have GXE and I have leather from factory. Best way to confirm GXE/SE/GLE is to check VIN under the hood.

 

SE's have spoilers and different rims

 

I know someone who has the bose in a GXE, and it is deffidently a GXE b/c she has hubcaps

 

just check the damn VIN

 

i have this same problem, i have a 98 max and i have no clue, i want to get foglights but i dunno if i have the wires. grrrrr this is the most complicated thing on myu max.

 

You have the wires, we all do. You just need the kit from the dealer.

 

u sure? my girl friend wants to buy them for me for my b-day so i dont want her to spend $$ for nothing.

 

Not true. GXE's without the Comfort and Convienience package don't usually have the wires.

Everything else does.

So if you don't have a GXE, you're good.
If you have a GXE and Power Driver's Seat (minimum), you're good.

 

OT: What kind of rims are those? Where did you get them? What size are they? How much? They look pretty nice!

 

 

Sorry Cleo

 

Check your PM's.

 

i have leather, moon roof, no power drivers seat, i dont know what the connectors look like if someone got a pic to help me out?... in the fuse boxes there are fuse already in there for the fogs is that any help?

 

wait, i think ALLL 95 maxima's done' hate the label on the back of the car showing if it's a GLE, SE, or GXE....that's why i was wondering if mine was customized but mine fits everything to be a GLE, from door ***** being chrome to sunroof to like every mod money can buy....

 

You probably don't have the wiring.

But you need to look above the foglight bulbs on the inside of the car for the harnesses. They look somehwat like your headlight harnesses, but smaller. They are attached to the wiring loom with electrical tape.

IanS

 

ok ill look,,, but lets say i dotn have the wiring can the wires be put in? is that smart considering labor time and cost?

 

I really don't know how hard it would be....probably not much harder than installing them for aftermarket headlights.

 

good news i think... i have the mounting brackets, and i think i found the conector, is it attached to grey electrical tape? if so i found it on the LH side of the car but not the right, i didnt really look hard.

 

YEP!

That's it...enjoy your foglights.

IanS

 

yo wtf i went to the dealer and they wont come out side to check my car! i looked for what they described to me, but i didnt see it. does anyone live in nyc in the bayside, flushing area that can help me? it would be greatly appreciated!

 

u definitely have a GLE cause i have leather and sunroof like u and i found mine connected together with electrical tape also. Mine works well and all, proud to say i installed 4/5 of my fogs by myself...

 

Mecca, GLE has nothing to do with this.

GXE's (like mine) have this too.

I also have a sunroof. Sunroofs have NOTHING to do with Trim level. I already said that earlier in this post.

There's lots of GXE's with leather, also.

IanS

 

I just went out and checked mine, GXE. Son of a *****!!! All this time I thought I had a SE. I don't why, I just had it in my head that mine was a SE.

 

then i guess it's just the stereo then...cause i got Bose ful system and if u got GXE, u probably got the crappy system ....do u have the silver door handles too?

 

Mine is an SE according to this designation but when a shop run the VIN it always comes back as a GXE

 

ok i definitly dont have the wiring! oh well i called the dealer to ask how much it would cost to only put in the wiring and they said $150 bucks! bull****! i might as well just do it my self! anyone do this before?

 

Yes, and I bought it that way on purpose. What's the point in buying a BOSE system when you've got $4500 worth of stereo equipment to put in it?

What's the point in buying an SE with nicer struts when you're going to drop and replace them anyway?

GXE's are lighter and cost less (more $$$ for mods)

I love my GXE!

 

ok so then i dont have wiring ok ,,,, but that means i ddont have abs also? i have never locked my breaks ever! i dunno this is confusing!

 

grrrr....i hate it when iansw is right...well, atleast i got the nice steering..ha! u can't get that with your little GXwackE

 

Wrong again there, sport. Steering is no different.

And even if it was, the extra $$$ you paid for that steering went to my 18's and Sprints and Tokicos.

I'll outcorner you any day.



IanS

 

Actually, AndyXXL has a sunroof.