Just wanted to complete the thread. To be very clear this does not works in IE9, however we can do it by little css trick.
<div class="customselect">
<select>
<option>2000</option>
<option>2001</option>
<option>2002</option>
</select>
</div>
.customselect {
width: 80px;
overflow: hidden;
border:1px solid;
}
.customselect select {
width: 100px;
border:none;
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
}