How to tell if VLSD is installed on 2000 SE?

zerosin · Jul 8th, 2003, 12:58 PM

I am purchasing a 2000 Sentra SE 5spd. It appears to have the performance package installed, it has the spoiler, 16in alloys, 2.0L engine. Is there any way to tell by external inspection if it is equipped with the VLSD?

I'll buy it either way, but I would like to know.

zerosin · Jul 8th, 2003, 01:39 PM

Found out how. Just called Nissan and they told me (almost too easy one might think). Yep, it has the performance package, sweet!

sr20dem0n · Jul 8th, 2003, 01:40 PM

it should have the vlsd, one way to tell is to jack up the front of the car, put it in N, and spin one wheel. If the other spins the opposite way then it has an open differential, if the other spins the same way then it has lsd. If you're on a test drive you could always stop on an uneven surface (one tire on wet, one on dry) and floor it. If you just sit there spinning then there is no lsd.

as far as I know there is no way to tell just by looking at the car (other than seeing whether it has the PP or not), some people experimented with checking the tranny codes on the door jam, but that ended up not meaning anything.

zerosin · Jul 8th, 2003, 02:03 PM

Thanks for the tips, I'll use them to reaffirm Nissan's statement. Based on the vehicle VIN number they indicated that the performance package with the VLSD was installed at the factory. I will certainly double check.

Thanks again!

tekmode · Jul 8th, 2003, 02:35 PM

i didnt know regular sentra's have VLSD....but I love my HLSD

sr20dem0n · Jul 8th, 2003, 03:53 PM

yeah there are only 2 cars in the Sentra lineup that have lsd, the 00-01 SE 5-spd w/PP and the 02+ Spec-V

**chimmike** · Jul 8th, 2003, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by tekmode
i didnt know regular sentra's have VLSD....but I love my HLSD

didn't know the SE was a regular sentra............

does that make a spec v an irregular sentra?????

Remember, it's the same body, chassis, interior pieces, windows, etc............

a B15 is a B15

tekmode · Jul 8th, 2003, 07:39 PM

yah I know...

zerosin · Jul 8th, 2003, 08:27 PM

Picked up the 2000 SE today. Man it is sweet and definitely has the VLSD. I have a '96 Altima too which now goes to my girlfriend. I will surely enjoy the VLSD on the Sentra this winter (I hope).

You won't believe this. I was driving home from the dealer and a minivan backs out in my traffic lane. I stop and the dumb ass behind me driving a P.O.S. Oldsmobile me hits me. Just barely and I was still moving forward so it's minor paint damage in the bottom driver's side of the back bumper.

Two stupid drivers not paying attention, and me sandwiched between them.

sr20dem0n · Jul 8th, 2003, 08:44 PM

that sucks man, my first 01 SE was totalled by some lady in a tacoma a month after I got it. I had only made 1 payment

But I got this black one 2 days later and it's lasted me for the last 14 months without incident *knocks on wood*

zerosin · Jul 8th, 2003, 09:57 PM

Wow. Nailed by a SUV! Did the SRS deploy? I noticed that you have the SRS deavtivated on your new SE; any reason?

Personally I'd love to have my wireframe glasses smashed into my face ;-)

tekmode · Jul 8th, 2003, 10:03 PM

i dont want to get hit ever...if it happens and it's not my fault 350z here I come

**chimmike** · Jul 8th, 2003, 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by tekmode
i dont want to get hit ever...if it happens and it's not my fault 350z here I come

werd!

zerosin · Jul 9th, 2003, 05:53 AM

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Originally posted by tekmode
i dont want to get hit ever...if it happens and it's not my fault 350z here I come

As long as you are still able to drive. I've seen friends break an ankle just by twisting the wrong way, let alone stop from 35MPH to 0MPH in 1/10th of a second.

Be careful what you wish for.

tekmode · Jul 9th, 2003, 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by zerosin
As long as you are still able to drive. I've seen friends break an ankle just by twisting the wrong way, let alone stop from 35MPH to 0MPH in 1/10th of a second.

Be careful what you wish for.

i'm not wishing to get hit