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Lol i know, this wasnt to get anything correct and matched up. Just wanted to post some pics of the tool being used, but wasnt about to waste a lug  just to throw up some pics lol. I went through alot if u remember for those lugs. I wasnt expecting perfect crimps, strictly just messin around with a hydraulic crimper for the first time. Using extra lugs that i have no use for.

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Does this crimp look too round on the corners? Should i go a size down on the dies? This is 250kcmil dies, with 250kcmil flex lugs. The wire barely fits into the lug, usually losing a couple wire strands but still try to tuck them in while i twist the lug down to fully seat the wire all the way into the long lugs.

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Just rotate the lug in the 4/0 die and recrimp the wings down. 250mcm isnt going to give you the best crimp since 4/0 is equivalent to 212mcm

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4 hours ago, WalledSonic said:

Just rotate the lug in the 4/0 die and recrimp the wings down. 250mcm isnt going to give you the best crimp since 4/0 is equivalent to 212mcm

I did, it made another wing half as big. Maybe ill just do a recrimp with the 4/0 die on the first crimp (nearest to the wire insertion) of every lug. I really dont wanna crimp each lug 12 times lol. 

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4crimps with 250die, 4 recrimps with 4/0die, 4 more 4/0 crimps to fix the wings. I think the wings would be even bigger if i start out at the 4/0. 

Is 4/0 being equal to 212mcm for awg standard tho? Maybe being that car audio wire is usually over sized when compared to true awg, its close to 250mcm?

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I know you didnt just buy all that pricey ass gear to half ass your crimps, right??

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