clear corner lamps

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Where abouts in the worls are you?

Seattle, WA, USA

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I thought these were standard for the USA market, in Europe they have to = be amber, or at least the bulb has to be.

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My SAAB is 1999 9-3 Convertible and it looks like this:

http://64.226.199.20/pics1001cars/C1072a.jpg The corner lamp lens has a small amber plastic piece towards the bottom. I am looking for a corner lamp that's completely transparent without amber plastic piece. Do you think I can just talk to a SAAB dealer and purchase corner lamp assembly for newer SAABs and put it on my SAAB?

Does the amber plastic piece come out?

You want the EU spec lamps, try

The following is the one with amber plastic piece for RH & LH:

I also checked "Electric Parts Catalog (EPC) for SAABs, version 2003-1" by Teradyne Diagnostic Solutions, but this catalog does not have clear corner lamps either.

If anyone could provide more information, I would appreciate.

I thought this was a good idea. Thank you.

I found that clescent-shape amber plastic piece is glued inside of the transparent lens. I took out the corner lamp assembly. I removed the rubber seal around it, and found that lens and plastic piece with reflective surface are very tightly glued together and I was hesitant to try to separate them becasue of a chance of damaging them.

I contacted a local SAAB dealer which claims the following:

"Carter is the largest supplier of Volkswagen and SAAB parts in the Northwest With over $800,000 worth of parts, we have one of the most complete selections in the U.S." (copied from

Thank you for all the folks who helped me. My search is over. Paul Whiter at PartsForSaabs.com promptly answered my request for quote for clear corner lamps. He is very helpful unlike the local SAAB dealer.

Was gonna say.. They should listed as they are fitted to every SAAB sold in Europe and beyond! Only US spec gets the orange bits!