(function($){
 $.fn.extend({
 
   customStyle : function(options) {
    if(!$.browser.msie || ($.browser.msie&&$.browser.version>6)){
    return this.each(function() {
    
      var currentSelected = $(this).find(':selected');
      $(this).after('<span class="customStyleSelectBox"><span class="customStyleSelectBoxInner">'+currentSelected.text()+'</span></span>').css({position:'absolute', opacity:0,fontSize:$(this).next().css('font-size')});
      var selectBoxSpan = $(this).next();
      var selectBoxWidth = parseInt($(this).width()) - parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-left')) -parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-right'));      
      var selectBoxSpanInner = selectBoxSpan.find(':first-child');
      selectBoxSpan.css({display:'inline-block'});
      selectBoxSpanInner.css({width:selectBoxWidth, display:'inline-block'});
      var selectBoxHeight = parseInt(selectBoxSpan.height()) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-top')) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-bottom'));
      $(this).height(selectBoxHeight).change(function(){
        // selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).val()).parent().addClass('changed');   This was not ideal
      selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).find(':selected').text()).parent().addClass('changed');
        // Thanks to Juarez Filho & PaddyMurphy
      });
      
    });
    }
  }
 });
})(jQuery);