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Originally Posted by unplugged
I never drilled anything into the housing. And NO, 35w/12v is not enough to turn these HID's on. You need a relay to get power from the battery. Once powered, it is enough because HID's use less power once running. They need something like 20,000 volts to turn on. The ballast can't produce that with mere stock wiring.
If you think you can get away with powering these on from the stock bulb wiring, then your in for some fuse blowing, possible cause of fire.
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The fuse will blow WAY BEFORE A FIRE. And besides that's what the ballast is there for(to start the lights). Have you seen the factory wires for cars that come equiped with HID's? Its the same guage. And if you need proof, Ill get home and snap some pics of the maxima. I have never had a stock fuse blow as of yet. And I've done upwards of 40 installs. I install all of them the same way. Im not knocking the use of relay, but in my personal experience its a waste of time. I do, however, use a relay when using a switch. Direct current should never go through a switch.