ORIGINAL: pyromatic177
yeah ok. what's a good and rather cheaper soldering station that i can get?
I use a cheap radio shack special. I think I paid $15 for it, has two heat ranges - 15w and 30w. [link=http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062730&retainProdsInSession=1]Radioshack soldering iron[/link] Turns out the online price is $12.
The most important thing to soldering, especially big gauge wire: Flux. Get some really small electronics solder (which does have flux in it) and a small tin of flux. I always flux my two wires first, then tin them with solder, and then soldering the two together is super easy. I use heat shrink tubing over the joint to seal out moisture and debris, and it looks nicer.
I like to solder hot, so I usually use the 30w setting for most jobs. It itsn't bad practice to get a few chunks of big wire to practice on before making the crucial solder joints on the car wiring.