$10 a bulb?!

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Steph, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. Steph

    Steph Guest

    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.
     
    Steph, Jul 5, 2007
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  2. Steph

    tee Guest

    WINDEX ?! You may have ruined them already .... You should have
    used rubbing alcohol.
     
    tee, Jul 6, 2007
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  3. Steph

    Oppie Guest

    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
     
    Oppie, Jul 6, 2007
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  4. Steph

    David Guest

    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
     
    David, Jul 7, 2007
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  5. Steph

    Steph Guest

    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.
     
    Steph, Jul 9, 2007
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  6. Steph

    WLS Guest

    I get em at NAPA for little over half of Saturns price. 168's sound better
    - I'll try that next time.
     
    WLS, Aug 25, 2007
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