I looked into this before purchasing my 1.625" die as well. The advice I got was to buy the smallest CLR available that is spec'd to bend the minimum wall thickness tube you are bending.
I was bending 1.625" .083 wall which happens to be the minimum wall thickness on the JD2 Model 4 5.5" CLR die so that's what I got. So far, so good. I've bent some 90 degree bends and haven't noticed any issues.
John
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