optioning a new cigarette
 

what would you put in boat. hear is what i have.
1. 700 sc and #6 drives
2. toilet with macerator and holding tank. (wife)
3. billet package
4. dock lights
5. inverter
6.No stereo will do high end at home.
7.fender holders
8.more engine room lights
9 shore power
10. battery charger
and also the standard equipent.

Buy a 2 or 3 year old one and save yourself 300K.. and you can install anything you want and still have cash leftover !:drink:

Skip the docking lights

Lip-Ship edition...

Powder Coated ALUMINUM Gooseneck MYCO.

BINGO!

Right On.

If I was fortunate enough to buy a new Cigarette, it would have to be a Lip Ship Edition. His service after the sale is second to none.

Kurt

The setup alone and propping at Lipship will make it worth it. Plus everything else will just have a little extra. :drink:

Do not put dock lights on the bow. They are worthless and ugly.
Make sure EVERY light on the boat is LED.
You do want underwater transom lights.

Have them install an extra rigging tube on each side of the boat from the front of the engine room to the middle of the cabin. As a matter of fact, have them install two on the port, and one on the starboard. This would be for your stereo install. You will have easy and unobstructed access from front to back with your own tubes for stereo signal. The extra tube on the port side will be for power from your engine room to your cabin where your amps/capacitors/extra batteries will be.

The less chrome/stainless you put on the boat, the less polishing you have to do. Powdercoat/paint/anodize everything.

Agreed

For sure

Whatever you do, have Harold from Grafikworx paint it. Big mistake if you don't.

Ditto!

And Lip-Ship!

I think he would be pretty safe if Hunter did the paint also.

Save yourself 40k and get some Konrads or Imco drives. 6's on 700's seem like a bad idea unless you are upgrading to bigger power down the road or not great at chopping the sticks. Good luck with whatever you decide.

what abourt upgrade to 850's ? $$$

Not that I have ANY problem with putting 6's on, but why aren't you going with the NXT's on your 700's? They run the same props.

I'd put the custom cockpit carpet in, with the extra foam pad underneath. It makes all the difference when you're barefooted & on a longer run, as well as for your passengers.

I also would not put the docking lights on. They don't help as much as you'd think, and look weird on the bow.

Personally, I wouldn't do the billet package either, but that's just me. It's really heavy, & I think having the aluminum painted to match your paintjob looks alot more custom & detailed than the billet pieces do.

I'd also put an aluminum swim platform on it, painted to match as well.

Have fun!

If someone turns on the docking light while under way a sure way to get pulled over by the man and also very dangerous to oncoming traffic.

Led nav lights with a auto extend stern pole

NXT drives and Lip Ship addition would be great

Nix Them

I see alot of requests for LipShip Edition Cigs

Whats the difference in a LipShip edition and any other boat that comes out of the factory?

Other than the obvious stitching in the seats and pillows...etc.

I've always looked at LipShip Edition boats the same way I look at a sports car, that's been enhanced by one of the various tuners out there like Saleen, Callaway, or Hennessey.

Mansory for example (http://www.mansory.com/), will take a Veyron, Bentley, Ferrari, etc, and go a few steps further with the cars appearance, etc, than what it came like. Yes, you can have the various manufacturers that build those cars, do more exotic setups. It's usually the tuners though, that go the extra mile to make the vehicle more unique than what people are used to seeing.

That is definitely the way to go if your building a new Cig or buying a used one.

Call Phil

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o35101-en.html

just buy that and be boating in a week and save yourself $$$$

300k might take it

or is this a JD thread?

It has that feel doesn't it ? Where is Jassman, he will know. LOL

Can't be.

Duramax's and multi-speed trans weren't on the option list;)

the hocky stick paint is the cats azz......:)

True. Hunter can paint as well as anyone, but Harold's designs are better in my opinion. Plus his Cig logo's and fades are second to none.

I'd go w/ Arnesons over NXT's or 6's. Gain efficiency and handle big power.

Phil is the most knowledgable Cig guy out there, no question about it but is his expertise worth 40K extra on an already expensive boat especially when the boat is going to be a 700/NXT boat (many already made, not exactly custom/one off)?

That 40K is not coming back at resale. Look at OSO classifieds, the Lipship boats don't pull a 40K premium on identical year/power Cigs.

Lip-Ship

And BTW swim platforms are for puzzies!

Funny I was thinking this from the onset.....If I was in the market for a new boat of any brand I might reach out to a specific owner to see what they like/dislike about the brand or what are the best options to get but certainly wouldn't post an open end thread.

How do you re-board the boat from the water?

Curious, when was the last time Phil quoted you a price?

Never.....Just saw in a Powerboat article that the "Lipship" package was 40K (I believe it was the Purple 42X 700 boat). http://www.boatingmag.com/cigarette-42x


I wouldn't build a new Cigarette. I like Nortechs far better! :D

Fair enough but the article really doesn't identify what was included as a part of that package on that particular boat, and occured several years ago...a large part of the cost could very well be the custom paint. Based on my personal experience I found Phil to be very competive in his pricing and his customer service is exemplary.

Tommy,

Love those large exhaust tips Phil put on.

I got a 42' available for $225K with new engines and #6's...... ;)

Cut a check, go boating tomorrow! :)

Lip-ship
No docking lights
Have the boat pre wired for audio
Carpet padding

Double wall Corsa tips...totally interchangeable can take'em right off and put the stock mufflers back on. (Phil's idea).

That purple boat had many one off stuff that Phil did custom including some interior stuff. The "Lip-Ship package" doesn't cost any more than any other dealer except when he starts actually putting stuff into/on the boat. "Stuff" costs money. The added little things that Phil does are included in the "Lip-Ship package" thus PBM listed the package as a 40k upgrade.

Bottom line...Buy from Phil, you wont regret it.