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| Difference between LSI and just plain Metro? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 22 2009, 06:50 AM (6,956 Views) | |
| ShadeTree | Aug 22 2009, 06:50 AM Post #1 |
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Being a relative newbie, what's the difference between the two models? |
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| Woodie | Aug 22 2009, 10:21 AM Post #2 |
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Slightly higher trim level, painted bumpers, composite lights. 1997 specifically? I'll check........... Base models have three cylinder, LSIs have the four cylinder. Bumpers are painted and the side molding is standard on LSI. They get the composite lights and hubcaps, base models get sealed beams and painted steel wheels. Different upholstery material, base is "Sport Cloth", LSI is "Custom Cloth". Who the hell knows what that means? LSI gets mirror in passenger side sun visor, trip odometer, intermittent wipers. Optional equipment available on LSI but not base is automatic transmission, radio/cassette/CD player, rear wiper/washer, and a convenience package including remote mirrors, passenger seat back pocket, remote hatch or trunk release, security cover for hatchbacks or split folding seat for sedans. |
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| starscream5000 | Aug 24 2009, 08:31 AM Post #3 |
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Got 70 MPG?
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I have a 1995 LSi and mine does not have paint matched bumpers... It has A/C, sealed beams, hub caps, third windsheild wiper, intermittent wipers, tachometer, trip meter... |
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| Woodie | Aug 25 2009, 04:25 AM Post #4 |
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Yes, in '95 painted bumpers were an option on the LSI two door. Composite lights, however, were standard. If your car is an LSI it should not have sealed beams, maybe someone has been in there changing things around. |
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| ENDER | Jun 29 2011, 11:55 AM Post #5 |
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I have a '96 Metro, but I can not tell if its an LSi or not. I don't think it is one, but this is what it has: Manual 5speed, sealed beams, manual mirrors and windows, 4 cyl. engine. This is a two door hatchback and the bumpers are not painted. |
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| starscream5000 | Jun 29 2011, 07:08 PM Post #6 |
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The sealed beams would be from a normal metro. If your car doesn't have a rear wiper then it's definitely a base model. |
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| Woodie | Jun 30 2011, 04:42 AM Post #7 |
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'96 stands alone as the only year that the four cylinder engine was available in the base model coupe. Black bumpers and sealed beams are the best indicator of Base/LSI. Rear wiper was an option, lots of LSI's didn't get one. |
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| juliusr120 | Dec 21 2015, 05:32 PM Post #8 |
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i have a 1993 5 spd geo metro 2 hatchback and bought a base model ac belt and it didn't fit too small. |
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| metro1.0 | Dec 22 2015, 03:13 AM Post #9 |
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This might be off topic, I apologize if it is.. but were did the high contrast cluster come from..(white background w/ black foreground) which is just opposite of almost every other dash instrument cluster I have seen |
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| Stubby79 | Dec 22 2015, 03:27 AM Post #10 |
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Things might be different up here...ALL models have composite headlights, as far as I can tell. Well, maybe not all...I see about 1 in 50 without. I have painted bumpers on my '95. It didn't come with a rear wiper, nor with a tach. It says nothing about LSI on the back. My '92 vert had painted bumpers, but they're supposedly all LSIs. My white '98 has painted bumpers, no tach, no rear wiper....though it does have intermittent wipers. My first was a '92 3/5 hatchback, and it had painted bumpers and not much else. You generally don't see unpainted bumpers up here, except on the lowest of base models, perhaps, and probably people who bought new bumpers and didn't have them painted. I usually see LSI tags on sedans and that's about it. |
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| Woodie | Dec 22 2015, 06:03 AM Post #11 |
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They either gave you the wrong one, or your A/C isn't factory. |
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| Woodie | Dec 22 2015, 06:04 AM Post #12 |
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Someone did that themselves. You can buy white gauge faces with black markings. |
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| metro1.0 | Dec 22 2015, 07:32 PM Post #13 |
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cool I have a hard time seeing the black gauge faces w/ white markings |
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| metro1.0 | Jan 25 2016, 09:29 PM Post #14 |
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on the lsi or base .. is there something on the car that will identify LSI or Base? Is it in the VIN, or on the door jamb, or underhood sticker? I have seen LSI and XFI on the back of some .. EDIT: I ask because I was calling around asking for bearings and a seal for the front of my 94 4dr hatch...and they all ask what option XFI, LSI, or Base I have.. and every parts store mentions they have a listing for inner and outer seals.. to which I say there is only 1 seal and it is an inner... The last guy I spoke with when I told him I only had an inner seal and not an outer seal told me that meant I did not have an LSI...? EDIT wheel bearings and seal.. Edited by metro1.0, Jan 25 2016, 09:41 PM.
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| Woodie | Jan 26 2016, 06:59 AM Post #15 |
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I don't know of any difference between XFI, LSI, or Base wheel bearings on the GEN2 (89-94) cars. The only exception would be the convertibles, which were all LSI, built in Japan, and got the Swift 13" wheels, brakes, and bearings. This would be a mistake by the writers of the parts database because the majority of LSI's were Canadian built hardtop Metros with 12" wheels, brakes, and bearings. Instead of searching for the difference by asking LSI?, it would be far more reliable to ask convertible?, or made in Japan? On your '94, an XFI will have entirely black bumpers and sealed beam headlights. A Base will have black bumper lowers with painted tops and sealed beam headlights. An LSI would have painted bumpers and composite headlights. |
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