Can someone tell me exactly what the designation "Limited" meant on the '99 SE?
Did these cars have a certain set of options, trim, or really nothing uniquely different (but the side emblems stating 'SE Limited")?
Thanks, Bob

 

Im a proud owner of a se-limited. Welcome to the board. The only different thing about them is that they got the se-limited side emblems and floormats that say se-limited. Mine came with the crimson blaze color (red). I believe it was the last 1000 or so maximas that came off the line to get the se-limited package.

 

True...also heard that the last 1000 last 4gen maximas coming off the line were SE-limited...however, you forgot to add one minor detail...It's limited because they were made in 99...now there's an offset here which I don't exactly distinquish - 99's were produced in 99, but either at an earlier or later month date than all previous 97-98's. ALL 99 SE Maximas are SE-Limited

 

Thanks for the welcome.
I just bought a 99 SEL and wondered what the Limited really meant. Floor mats were missing, so I guess all that I got was the emblems.

The last 1000 off the line? Makes sense, my car's in-service date is June 1999.

 

Means they will try to charge you more for basicly the same car.

 

What do u mean the same car you ?! I just wrote above that all 99 SE Maximas were SE-Limited so it's not like you have a choice when you want to buy the newest 4th gen SE!

 

they have a jacked up ecu that can't be changed out for a jwt, they have the same wiring schematics as the 2k-2k1 max'z

 

Wow, guy BOSS, just tried to have Moderater Jeff

Hold up!!!!

 

I guess they aren't that "limited" then

 

limited also implied that the 4th gen's days were numbered :P

 

you mean no extra HP from the emblems & floor mats?

 

Now hold on there! I distinctly remember bypassing a '99 SE and waiting until spring of '99 to purchase the SE-Limited. I thought there were (in theory) '99 SE's & '99 SE-L's...two different models, if only in badging.

As far as the actual number of SE-L's manufactured, I've been trying to find out this information for years....does anyone know the number for sure?

 

Titanium Color Badging (MAXIMA on the trunk)
Titanium Color Gauge Faces
Titanium Color 5 spoke wheels
Perforated Heated Leather Seats in the Limited leather package
SE Embosed on the seat backs
SE Limited Embosed Floor Matts
SE Limited Badges on the doors
Crimson Blaze Red Color came on a few SE-Limited Editions making that sort of a rare car.

SE-Limited Editions are known as 99.5's which all came with a new California Emissions setup and different ECU's then the rest of the 4th gens.

Where also the slowest of the 4th gens

 

does anyone have a sales brochure for their SEL?

 

Not all 99's are SEL, the 99.5's SE (or so) are SEL. Limited production, colors, options, ect. make each SEL almost one of a kind. Try to find 2 SEL exactly the same and I bet it will take a while (unless you know everyone on the org).

 

*sigh* sometimes it seems like everybody & their mother bought a SuperBlack SEL, including me...

 

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Hey !

lol j/k

I saw a red colored Max just the other day. It was stock, but looked nice as hell

 

I just spotted a red one in Dallas the other day. Those are by far the most limited as I've only seen like 3 red ones since I started noticing... And one of those was on the lot when I bypassed the Automagic of the Se-L for my 98 SE 5Speed...

 

I few days ago I read a thred and the guy said somthing like: "But I have a 99 SEL witch makes my car much much faster than any other 4th gens" It was a racing thred so it was probablly froze. njmaxseltd claims they are the slowest. I would think that njmaxseltd would be right due to emissions and whatnot but does anyone know for sure?

 

Not all SE-L's came with Cali emissions. Mine's a 99 SE-L with Fed emissions. Only the Cali emissions ones suffered from the power loss. I purposely looked for a fed spec when I bought my 99. If I had my way there would be no talk of 99.5, it gets too d@mn confusing.

 

Already seen 2 red SE-Ls here in Chicago, both red with exact same options and everything...

 

One of the guys in our clubs has a 99 SE-L (Canadian version) and it has cloth seats, no spoiler and 5-spd. It does have white face gauges and 6-spoke SE rims however. But the trim seems to be that of a GXE... (he explained this to me a while back, so I might have forgotten some of the details).

But in his case, since it is basically an SE but without any options, it is a lighter car... and he did run one of the faster stock 4th gen times in the club... 15.0. 14.8 with just a y-pipe I think.

 

I am confused i am from Canada and i thought all 4th gn SE came with leather and sunroof here in Canada. U sure he doesn't have an ES model cause here in Canada we had 4 models of the max.
The GXE no fogs option, no sunroof option, no Bose and cloth seats
The ES with fog option, no sunroof, Bose optional and cloth seats
The SE came with leather, sunroof 16in wheels and Bose and sport suspension
The GLE with leather, Bose, no fog option, no sunroof option
someone correct me if i am wrong (by the way this is canadian models)

 

Yeah I think that the ES in Canada is the same as the SE-L in the US in 1999. (The ES with fog option, no sunroof, Bose optional and cloth seats - as you said)

 

Nissan makes tooling changes mid year May/June. It makes sense that the last ones off the line for 99 would be wired like a 2000. They decided to play up the limited idea and throw a few badges and the like to make it special since it was the last of it's generation.

The mid year tooling changes are the reason for things like the fact that a lot of 98's don't have an AMB button, but you can buy the button, cut the hole and make it work. The 99's came with them. The later model 98's got the automatic climate control unit the 99's got but didn't get the button put in the faceplate.

 

I just read my post, just to clarify, no 98's came with an AMB button, forget my 'a lot', (distracted thought)

 

'99 SE-L here...fed spec...no sunroof...5-spd...cloth seats.
Known to others in DNE as a factory freak. Definitely not slower than stock.

 

At some point (I do not remember if it was 99) I remember seeing in the dealers a setup (I think they called it a limited SE) where the Maxima SE was given the Infinti I30 exhaust etc. to get the extra few horsepower. Anyone remember more details?

PS - "Limited" usually means limited to the number they can sell!

 

i think a 95 GXE black on black with BOSE system and sunroof is more rare than 99 SE-L! psssh...who ares about SE-L?

lol j/k~~ SE-L looks really hot out of all 4th gen.

 

I wonder where one can find out how many of what model car was made in any specific year. Magazines have done it before, so the info must be out there somewhere.

 

marketing gimic

 

They're limited to as many as they can sell.

 

I remember reading a while back in some articelt hat the 99 SE-L or something like that came with the different badging and like 5 extra horsepower....you se-l owners should know

 

You are 100% correct. And to those who think otherwise, I just wanted to say you're a bunch of dorks! J/K! Mine is also FED emissions so for those saying total bullsh!t about 99 SE-L's being slower...go p!ss off. Read a little or get the facts before you post stupid **** you have no clue about and get flamed. What...you saw a weak driver pull sucky @ss numbers on 1/4 mile track with an SE-Limited or something and that's how you came up with your stupid theory?! Plz!

 

What you run?

 

Well I had a huge thread about my run in the 1/4 mile forum not long ago. I don't consider myself the best driver, but a good driver. My 99 SE-L is 5-spd and is bone stock. It was crowded when I went so I only got to do 2 runs...that's right, my only 2 runs ever. I ran a best of 15.3, but I will be coming back there soon. I am 100% positive that with better gear switching, and a better take-off (my take-off totally blew...spinned all throughout the 1st gear) I will hit 14.8.

Also, listen up EVERYBODY!

The following statements are true about all 99 SE-LIMITED:

1) Fed spec were made, and so were Cali spec so don't say 99 SE-L is slowest of the 4th gen just because you've seen a Cali spec 99 SE-L be somehow slower.

2) 99 SE-Limited can be/have: 5-spd, automatic, cloth seats, leather seats, sunroof, no sunroof, bose stereo, non-bose stereo, red, non-red, auto climate control, manual climate control, power seats, manual seats, cruise control, no cruise control, factory alarm, no factory alarm, keyless entry, no keyless entry THANK YOU VERY MUCH GET IT DOWN ONCE AND SHUT UP !

3) All SE-LIMITED 99's made for the US DID COME WITH A FACTORY SPOILER! END OF STORY. I don't know about Canadian Maximas or whatever. All SE-LImited also have a smoked factory emblem on the side saying "SEL". And also, all that other stuff already mentioned like floormats, etc...

I wrote this to all those who know crap about the SE-L's, yet try to somehow post this crap, and get flamed everytime they do...so here's a little something from me:

 

Well I really wouldn't say you could run 14.xxx until you actually do it. There are plenty of 95 maximas into the 14s stock.

I don't really give a crap about what options came with the "limited" but thanks for the info.

 

How about you come to the Dragaway track in Kenosha with me and I will bet you $300 that I will pull a 14.XX out of my first 10 runs? I really don't know where you get this stupid misconception that 99's are slower. I saw a 99 SE-L pull a 14.8 before (bone stock) and I know I can do the same. BTW, I'm serious and willing to put my money where my mouth is...ARE YOU?

 

1) Where did I say they were slower??

2) I don't give a crap what you run. I hope you do well. Just wait until you do it to post it.

3) Why in the fawk should haul my **** way down there??

I read the posts. Do YOU?