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Steph - 05 Jul 2007 19:13 GMT

Just a quick gripe.
Noticed on our LW200 Wagon 5 of 6 of the bulbs for the third brake lamp
were out. The single bulb lighting was virtually worthless in daylight.

I didn't have time to look for alternate sources so went to Saturn.
$9 per bulb and the parts guy had his greasy hands all over them - no
plastic protection at all.

I cleaned them all with windex before installing.
Thank goodness it only cost me $60. Wonder if they would have charged me an
hour's labor to install them.

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tee@off.green - 06 Jul 2007 17:30 GMT

> I cleaned them all with windex before installing.

WINDEX ?! You may have ruined them already .... You should have
used rubbing alcohol.

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Oppie - 06 Jul 2007 22:29 GMT

The upper brake light lamps go out so often, I'm considering making a change
to high output LEDs. Definitely not a drop-in but may pay off in the long
run. The stock lamps are somewhat hard to find and a bit pricey.
Oppie '01 LW300

btw- does anybody else get letters from Saturn saying that they need to buy
back my car...? Do they want to phase out the L-series support after they
get a substantial number of them back, want to ship them off to the 3rd
world or just get me to start making payments again...now that my car is
paid off

> Just a quick gripe.
> Noticed on our LW200 Wagon 5 of 6 of the bulbs for the third brake lamp
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> an
> hour's labor to install them.

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David - 07 Jul 2007 02:23 GMT

> Just a quick gripe.
> Noticed on our LW200 Wagon 5 of 6 of the bulbs for the third brake lamp
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> Thank goodness it only cost me $60. Wonder if they would have charged me an
> hour's labor to install them.

We have a 2000 LS2, which had the over-priced top mounted brake light
consisting of four bulbs.
We took out the defective bulbs, and, low and behold, the bulbs in the
assembly are generic #168 12 volt lamps.
we extracted the burned out bulbs and replaced them with generic #168 lamps
which we purchased fro ab out $1.00 each.

Worth a try, if you are handy.

Good luck,
David

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Steph - 09 Jul 2007 19:54 GMT

>> Just a quick gripe.
>> Noticed on our LW200 Wagon 5 of 6 of the bulbs for the third brake
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> Good luck,
> David

Thanks, I just didn't have time to go locate them elsewhere.
But yes, you are right, they are generic #168 lamps and I know I griping
for no reason as it was a choice to buy fromthe dealer -- I just didn't
expect the Saturn parts markup to be so high.

I have owned a '94 SL2, '95 SL2, '97 SW2, and now the '01 LW200.

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WLS - 25 Aug 2007 07:05 GMT

I get em at NAPA for little over half of Saturns price. 168's sound better
- I'll try that next time.

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