first off, before you guys start your yelling, I searched .. and searched..
couldnt find anything.

I also checked the stickies.. no FAQ or anything (although it should be)

I did find this:
Where exactly is this metal plate located? In the car or engine bay?


What are cosmetic differences in the gxe vs se?

From what I gathered ...

- Gxe has chrome colored door handles, se has body colored
- Gxe has chrome window trim, se has body colored
-Gxe has crappy seats, se has leather or better cloth.
-gxe has hub caps, se has rims
-gxe has worse suspension
-gxe is rare with bose


Now, let's say the guy got an aftermarket headunit, changed his springs, changed rims and tires. [also possible to change window trim and door handles].

Any other way to tell?

[probably the method above is best.. but let me know]


Thanks alot guys!

 

GXE and GLE have the same suspension. The SE is just more sportier and rougher. I love my GXE/GLE luxury suspension. Dont forget even though its a GXE, its still a maxima which was nissians top model for a sedan.

GXE cloth seats=SE cloth seats.

SE has white gauges. SE also have black surrounding tail lights. SE has that little round tail cap while GXE does not.

 

what round tail cap?

thanks for the info gennady

 

The tailights on a SE have a black surround on them while the GXE and GLE are red.
Let me find a pic::

 

Ohh and btw, GXE come in hub caps or GXE rims which were a lil bit ugly but exist

These are chrome, but imagine them not and they came on GXE:

 

thanks gennady, any pics of the gxe tails?

EDIT: referring to: "SE has that little round tail cap while GXE does not."

 

GXE tail:


i hope that helps, im off to bed

 

Which year are you trying to compare?

 

2000
10char

 

Also, most gxe had a cover to where the fog lights go, which come standard on the GLE and I believe also on the SE

 

any idea where that metal plate I mentioned in the first post is located?

thanks again.

 

The metal plate is in the engine bay on the pasenger side

 

thanks.
someone should sticky this.

the 4th gen has an explanation of the trims.

 

are we 100% sure the GXE suspension is identical to the GLE???

 

Yeah it is

 

It isn't for the 4th Gen!

 

how exactly did you search??

http://www.google.com/search?q=2000+...en-US:official

 

if there's one thing i learned from buying a GLE, never ever buy a GLE......

just get SE and put on options u want, the speed limiter on the GLE sucks.....

 

i didnt like my GLE for a few reasons...soft stock suspension, "chrome" door handles, wood-grain accents, small ugly standard wheels, etc

 

Haha, did you crash it on purpose to get rid of it?

 

i didnt crash it...someone pulled in front of me

funny thing is, i joked about it for a long time. i was wondering how to total my car and make it look like an accident.
then a chick failed to yield and i hit her. it happened so quick that i actually tried to avoid the accident

 

BTW the SE's do not have body colored window trim. It is chrome as well.

 

I belive in 2000 only SE models had the spoiler on them

and the trim around the grille is only black on the SE, GLE and GXE have black/ chrome

 

only STANDARD on an SE..you could get it as an option on the others

 

As you can see...

I have donated!

woohoo lol

 

good boy

 

The 2001 se comes with the spoiler also.

 

ALL SEs came with standard spoiler

 

spoiler = "sporty"

SE = "sport edition"


GLE = "luxury edition"


GXE = base edition

 

GLE is "Grand Luxury Edition"