[FunnyGopher]

I bring more updates. I got the battery charged using a Noco Genius 5 charger. Was incredibly straight forward to use, very portable, and can be used for a variety of battery types. Very happy with it. Okay, ad over.

I'm in talks with TheRetrofitSource about my situation. They're telling me I don't actually need the relay at all, and that I can just plug the back of my D2H bulbs straight into the ballast because my car came with HIDs from the factory. So the setup is just bulb -> ballast -> igniter -> back to bulb. With this information, I removed the relay harness from the engine bay. With the way I attached the ballasts to the bottom of the VLAND housings, the cable on the back of the bulb is not long enough to plug into the ballast. I'll have to find extensions.

Now, with the battery charged and the relay harness out of the car, I went to click the unlock button on my FOB, fully expecting nothing to happen. I was blown away when the doors actually unlocked. Everything works just as it did before installing the relay harness.

I'm still of the opinion that the relay caused most of this. My guess is it drained the battery while causing my phantom light situation. The battery must have been so dead absolutely nothing but the dash worked. I've never experienced that before.

Now that I know I didn't fry anything important, once I get cable extensions I can update this thread further with my findings. It'll be interesting to see if I can actually use the HIDs with just the ballasts and the igniters. I have a hard time understanding how all the different components play into getting HIDs to work, so I'm going to go do some more research. If anyone would like to drop some knowledge into this thread, I'd also appreciate it.