Can you tell which LS is which, just by looking

[z1069]

I think for '04 and '05 anyway there are three v6 models and 2 v8 models. How can, or can you tell by just looking at one?


Thanks

 

[FreeFaller]

The general rules go...

Crome on bumper...Ultimate
No Crome...Sport
Round foglights...LSE

LSV8 on taillight...duh...V8 (except 2000)
LSE on taillight...V8
LS on taillight...V6 (or V8 in 2000)

Stickshift...V6 (2000)
SST...V8
Auto...V6 or V8

 

[then399]

The 2004 V8's are all sport models. No chrome on the bumpers V8 on the rear deck. The ultamite sport model has 8 spoke chrome wheels with adjustable headrests in the rear. The 2004 with the dull seven flat spokes wheels and chome bumpers are V6's. Not too sure if this is true for 2005. I believe they went back to a perimum model and the chrome bumpers were available on the V8. All sport models since 2000 to 2004 had 17" wheels and all of the non-sport had 16" wheels.

 

[HyeLifeLS]

The V6 sport comes with SST too.

The general rules go...

Crome on bumper...Ultimate
No Crome...Sport
Round foglights...LSE

LSV8 on taillight...duh...V8 (except 2000)
LSE on taillight...V8
LS on taillight...V6 (or V8 in 2000)

Stickshift...V6 (2000)
SST...V8
Auto...V6 or V8

 

[SoonerLS]

The 2004 V8's are all sport models. No chrome on the bumpers V8 on the rear deck. The ultamite sport model has 8 spoke chrome wheels with adjustable headrests in the rear. The 2004 with the dull seven flat spokes wheels and chome bumpers are V6's. Not too sure if this is true for 2005. I believe they went back to a perimum model and the chrome bumpers were available on the V8. All sport models since 2000 to 2004 had 17" wheels and all of the non-sport had 16" wheels.

Actually, the '04 and '05 (and '03, IIRC) V8s are either Sports or Ultimates. According to the pre-'03 definition, they'd all be Sports, because the '03 and newer V8s all have what was previously the Sport suspension/etc package, but the package description was changed.

For the '04s and '05s, LSEs have all-red taillights as opposed to clear over red for the other V8s. LSEs also have a body-colored grille surround with fully-chromed grille; other models have chrome surrounds with a blacked-out grille.