It was a sales gimmick. Jeep dealerships do it all the time, they put on a cheap ass dangerous body lift and some 33" tires and call it a special off-road edition when no Wrangler from the factory came with more than 31" tires.
It's supposed to make people feel like they are getting some exclusive and special. It can be the nicest, cleanest upgrades in the world but in the end that's all it is... a ploy for a dealership to con the car off on someone who thinks they are getting something more than they really are. You can go trade that into a Lincoln dealer and be like "Hey I got a special edition here, I want more on trade-in" and they'll tell you to shove it up your ass, that it's just a dealer gimmick and give you regular trade in for it... then they'll turn around sell it as a special edition trying to make a larger profit just like the first time it was purchased.
I just don't get how it can be called an SS. That seems almost blasphemous to me. I mean, SVT, ZX2, GT or something like that but an SS? That right there says it wasn't a factory authorized "special edition."
If you bought it because you genuinely liked the car then hey, to each his own. But if you bought it because you really thought it was a special edition then just changed your tune when you read this post, then you deserved to scammed which is all I consider this LS SS to be.
Post some pics up too when you get a chance.