[oldtamiyaphile]

It's annoying, but all new cars have it (or will soon). I just went and pulled the third brake light and no CANBUS warning, so at least those are easy. In reality, it doesn't take much extra draw to satisfy CANBUS, 300mah does the trick, the only issue is with dual filament bulbs the low side needs to draw as much as the high side.

I have found some really bright lights at VLEDS 600 lumens, but not suitable for my application as far as I can tell. Superbright do have some DRL specific lights, but again not for my 7443 application. Oh well, I've got low draw bulbs that can do the job there until I can find or make something better.

Unfortunately, the SMD 45 tail laps you've used lamps don't come in a CANBUS version, and the nearest CANBUS only puts out only puts out 70 lm vs 120. Not enough I would think?

I've added the non CANBUS 1157 SMD 45's to my order, worst case they go in my Jeep, I'll experiment with resistors to find the lowest current I can get away with. I wonder, if anyone has any ideas to use a little more power from the tail light wire, rather than just loosing it as heat? I could possibly run the license plate lights off it, but then I'd probably get the plate light warning...