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<blockquote data-quote="yacob.naif" data-source="post: 5652230" data-attributes="member: 565696">For my last install, i was fortunate enough to find a site called shopping.redorbit.com that sold tsunami 1/0 gauge wiring for $80 a 50&#039; spool, and crimpless allen-wrench 1/0 terminals for $3 a pair, but apparently they caught on to the fact that everyone else was selling the same stuff for 2-3x the price, so this time around i&#039;ve got myself one of these:<a href="http://stores.channeladvisor.com/genuinedealz/Items/gim-94840?sck=6873344&amp;amp;caSKU=gim-94840&amp;amp;caTitle=Cable%20Lug%20Crimper%20-%20Heavy%20Duty%20Hammer%20Style%20Crimp%20Tool" target="_blank">http://stores.channeladvisor.com/genuinedealz/Items/gim-94840?sck=6873344&amp;amp;caSKU=gim-94840&amp;amp;caTitle=Cable%20Lug%20Crimper%20-%20Heavy%20Duty%20Hammer%20Style%20Crimp%20Tool</a>for $26 shipped, and a 50 pack of &#039;dese<a href="http://www.mogiz.com/pages/productdetails.aspx?AffiliateTag=GoogleBaseSite&amp;amp;productid=WKR" target="_blank">http://www.mogiz.com/pages/productdetails.aspx?AffiliateTag=GoogleBaseSite&amp;amp;productid=WKR</a>for $36 shipped.&nbsp; Both stores accept google checkout, too, which sealed the deal. (makes it almost TOO easy, doesn&#039;t it?)I personally LOVE new tools, and considered shelling out $200+ for a pair of nice crimpers, but for how often i actually use 8-1/0, i couldn&#039;t justify spending any more.The one problem i forsee with using a hammer-type crimp tool, is that i like to put the terminals on AFTER i have the cable run through the car, so i know i&#039;m not wasting any of it (stuff&#039;s expensive!) so this is probably going to cause problems, trying to hammer on a ring terminal in the trunk of my car.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yacob.naif, post: 5652230, member: 565696"] For my last install, i was fortunate enough to find a site called shopping.redorbit.com that sold tsunami 1/0 gauge wiring for $80 a 50' spool, and crimpless allen-wrench 1/0 terminals for $3 a pair, but apparently they caught on to the fact that everyone else was selling the same stuff for 2-3x the price, so this time around i've got myself one of these: [URL="http://stores.channeladvisor.com/genuinedealz/Items/gim-94840?sck=6873344&caSKU=gim-94840&caTitle=Cable%20Lug%20Crimper%20-%20Heavy%20Duty%20Hammer%20Style%20Crimp%20Tool"]http://stores.channeladvisor.com/genuinedealz/Items/gim-94840?sck=6873344&caSKU=gim-94840&caTitle=Cable%20Lug%20Crimper%20-%20Heavy%20Duty%20Hammer%20Style%20Crimp%20Tool[/URL] for $26 shipped, and a 50 pack of 'dese [URL="http://www.mogiz.com/pages/productdetails.aspx?AffiliateTag=GoogleBaseSite&productid=WKR"]http://www.mogiz.com/pages/productdetails.aspx?AffiliateTag=GoogleBaseSite&productid=WKR[/URL] for $36 shipped. Both stores accept google checkout, too, which sealed the deal. (makes it almost TOO easy, doesn't it?) I personally LOVE new tools, and considered shelling out $200+ for a pair of nice crimpers, but for how often i actually use 8-1/0, i couldn't justify spending any more. The one problem i forsee with using a hammer-type crimp tool, is that i like to put the terminals on AFTER i have the cable run through the car, so i know i'm not wasting any of it (stuff's expensive!) so this is probably going to cause problems, trying to hammer on a ring terminal in the trunk of my car. [/QUOTE]

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