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<blockquote data-quote="Torgus" data-source="post: 5581089" data-attributes="member: 571636">cuz he is my friend...? i watched him do it. and then i just walked over pulled it out and told him to use the vice and stop ****ing around as i didn&#039;t bring my crimpers with me. i thought he just was installing amps not running wire. Have i seen hammered contacts work? yes i, i even did some myself when i was 16 and didn&#039;t know any better. If you want a good contact use a crimper, no crimper use a vice, no vice don&#039;t do it.any shop that doesn&#039;t use a crimper is a joke. and there is no reason to use solder as i proved above. a crimper is easier and cheaper as well and MUCH more reliable.The contacts were made with the idea you would be using the correct crimper/die...like all contacts are made.there is 0 advantage to soldering a crimped connector, if anything it promotes failure, there is 0 advantage to soldering, as a crimped connector is better electrically and mechanically, oh and easier and quicker to do to boot.it&#039;s a $50 crimper. it&#039;s not like it&#039;s expensive....What type of solder do you use??? please i&#039;d love to know.edit: For anyone who doesn&#039;t want to believe all the info i posted above chew on this: look at how high end manufacturers make their connections, Bentley, Ferrari, Mercedez, etc. all crimped. period. no exceptions. go ask any ME/EE what is better. I come from a background of Wire Manufacturing for one of the largest at the time, companies in that field. Everything was crimped. Before anyone says soldering is fine try and back it up with some facts which dispute what i posted above. otherwise QFT. I don&#039;t mean to be a jerk but this is basic 101 shit. I&#039;m no car audio guru but i know how to make a simple connection the RIGHT way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Torgus, post: 5581089, member: 571636"] cuz he is my friend...? i watched him do it. and then i just walked over pulled it out and told him to use the vice and stop ****ing around as i didn't bring my crimpers with me. i thought he just was installing amps not running wire. Have i seen hammered contacts work? yes i, i even did some myself when i was 16 and didn't know any better. If you want a good contact use a crimper, no crimper use a vice, no vice don't do it. any shop that doesn't use a crimper is a joke. and there is no reason to use solder as i proved above. a crimper is easier and cheaper as well and MUCH more reliable.The contacts were made with the idea you would be using the correct crimper/die...like all contacts are made. there is 0 advantage to soldering a crimped connector, if anything it promotes failure, there is 0 advantage to soldering, as a crimped connector is better electrically and mechanically, oh and easier and quicker to do to boot. it's a $50 crimper. it's not like it's expensive.... What type of solder do you use??? please i'd love to know. edit: For anyone who doesn't want to believe all the info i posted above chew on this: look at how high end manufacturers make their connections, Bentley, Ferrari, Mercedez, etc. all crimped. period. no exceptions. go ask any ME/EE what is better. I come from a background of Wire Manufacturing for one of the largest at the time, companies in that field. Everything was crimped. Before anyone says soldering is fine try and back it up with some facts which dispute what i posted above. otherwise QFT. I don't mean to be a jerk but this is basic 101 shit. I'm no car audio guru but i know how to make a simple connection the [B]RIGHT[/B] way. [/QUOTE]

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