oh yeah dont' worry about the blue/red you cut at the connector side, you don't need to connect it to anything.
if you want to do it cheap and reliable,
www.partsexpress.com get a bosch 30A 12V relay, the bosch harness, and a pioneer (if they still carry this) 12ga. cable with built in 30A fuse, should come to $6-7 total.