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      08-05-2021, 08:51 AM   #727
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Thanks. I'm going for a specific look and I am having it done at Ceramic Pro in Conroe.
Doing anything with the side markers?
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Doing anything with the side markers?
Not sure yet, thinking about either clear or smoked lenses. What do you think?
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TAZ007 congratulations on finally getting your car. I can only imagine how frustration your experience has been.

I really, really hope that your experience has been noted by the people at BMW and it doesn't happen to anyone else, especially since I just placed my order!
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TAZ007 congratulations on finally getting your car. I can only imagine how frustration your experience has been.

I really, really hope that your experience has been noted by the people at BMW and it doesn't happen to anyone else, especially since I just placed my order!
Thank you and I agree. I am waiting for that survey anxiously.
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Not sure yet, thinking about either clear or smoked lenses. What do you think?
Headlights - too soon for me to say. Depends on the rest of your look.
Side markers - I'd smoke to tone down the orange (or swap for paint matched).
Rear markers - I'd smoke if I was smoking the tail lights and could get some reasonably consistent color result (or paint match).

What's your final vision?
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Headlights - too soon for me to say. Depends on the rest of your look.
Side markers - I'd smoke to tone down the orange (or swap for paint matched).
Rear markers - I'd smoke if I was smoking the tail lights and could get some reasonably consistent color result (or paint match).

What's your final vision?
On the tint, I wanted silver mirrored but it aint available so I will go with deep black. It marries well with the moonlight softtop and silver/black rims. Based on that, smoking the side markers makes sense. I just need to see the tint first to make decisions.

My vision goes away from flashy and more toward stealth. Albeit, with this ride it'll be an impossible task. Those body lines really shout aggressive sports car.
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      08-05-2021, 02:43 PM   #733
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On the tint, I wanted silver mirrored but it aint available so I will go with deep black. It marries well with the moonlight softtop and silver/black rims. Based on that, smoking the side markers makes sense. I just need to see the tint first to make decisions.

My vision goes away from flashy and more toward stealth. Albeit, with this ride it'll be an impossible task. Those body lines really shout aggressive sports car.
My vision was murdered out with girlie details. Looking forward to your after shots.
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      08-05-2021, 07:58 PM   #734
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My vision was murdered out with girlie details. Looking forward to your after shots.
See, if I went with your vision, I would lose my man card.

Yours does look nice though. I will have the first set after the 13th.
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Enjoy, hopefully I can get mine before you get yours.
Good thing you got yours before mine lol.

And congrats! You car looks gorgeous!

I always wanted that color, but it's only available for the M240i.

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Great news! Tracking it can be painful and fun at the same time! You've got some experience here in the forums. Hit us up any time. I saw that someone posted the link so you can track the ship as well. Genius line can give you information on the ship when you see the car at the port or even in Transit.
Yea, it's exciting and painful at the same time. My car is still in the paint booth. The paint shop started around the 30th on July. It's been a week and no update yet. Does it normally take this long?
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Good thing you got yours before mine lol.

And congrats! You car looks gorgeous!

I always wanted that color, but it's only available for the M240i.



Yea, it's exciting and painful at the same time. My car is still in the paint booth. The paint shop started around the 30th on July. It's been a week and no update yet. Does it normally take this long?
So.. it varies. This was my timeline:

5/21 - Placed Order
5/21 - Scheduled for Production
5/26 - Production has started
6/1 - Exterior Body Assembly Started
6/2 - Paint Booth
6/8 - Entering Assembly Line
6/9 - Quality Check
6/10 - Awaiting Carrier Assignment
6/18 - Dispatched from factory (longest and most difficult wait so far)
6/21 - At the port
6/23 - In Transit
7/8 - Back at the port (Galveston) Tracking image was also updated to show "AT THE PORT"
7/11 - Back in Transit (assumingly on its way to the dealer)
7/12 - Arrived at Dealership
7/12 - Delivered!!!!

Paint booth felt like a long time. For some it was only 4 days... for me it was six... depends on their demand and how many are scheduled to enter assembly, I suppose.
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So.. it varies. This was my timeline:

5/21 - Placed Order
5/21 - Scheduled for Production
5/26 - Production has started
6/1 - Exterior Body Assembly Started
6/2 - Paint Booth
6/8 - Entering Assembly Line
6/9 - Quality Check
6/10 - Awaiting Carrier Assignment
6/18 - Dispatched from factory (longest and most difficult wait so far)
6/21 - At the port
6/23 - In Transit
7/8 - Back at the port (Galveston) Tracking image was also updated to show "AT THE PORT"
7/11 - Back in Transit (assumingly on its way to the dealer)
7/12 - Arrived at Dealership
7/12 - Delivered!!!!

Paint booth felt like a long time. For some it was only 4 days... for me it was six... depends on their demand and how many are scheduled to enter assembly, I suppose.
Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure mine's almost finished, since the duration is similar to yours.

I did contact BMW Genius and they said that the production should be scheduled to be finished around the 20th of this month, although it could change. They said process for the port should take about 3 weeks at the most. I should get it by the first week of October. If that's the case, then it's way faster than what my salesman told me, where he said it's going to take like 5 months.
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Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure mine's almost finished, since the duration is similar to yours.

I did contact BMW Genius and they said that the production should be scheduled to be finished around the 20th of this month, although it could change. They said process for the port should take about 3 weeks at the most. I should get it by the first week of October. If that's the case, then it's way faster than what my salesman told me, where he said it's going to take like 5 months.
Some folks are hitting that 4-5 month mark. Luckily mine was less than 2! I got it at the 7 week mark. Rooting for you. HOpe you get your new ride soon. It's a fricken blast to drive around in.
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Good thing you got yours before mine lol.

And congrats! You car looks gorgeous!

I always wanted that color, but it's only available for the M240i.



Yea, it's exciting and painful at the same time. My car is still in the paint booth. The paint shop started around the 30th on July. It's been a week and no update yet. Does it normally take this long?
Thanks. Yes, Mineral Gray Metallic was an awesome color. I thought the Frozen Gray Metallic looked to light in pictures and online, but in person it is a darker and the fades over the other panels in sunlight really make the car pop.
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Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure mine's almost finished, since the duration is similar to yours.

I did contact BMW Genius and they said that the production should be scheduled to be finished around the 20th of this month, although it could change. They said process for the port should take about 3 weeks at the most. I should get it by the first week of October. If that's the case, then it's way faster than what my salesman told me, where he said it's going to take like 5 months.
I had 6 days in paint too. I do hope yours arrives at the end of September. I DO NOT wish on anybody what I went through.
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This was my timeline:

104 days or 3 months and 12 days order to delivery. I should note that it probably would have been several weeks sooner if I hadn’t done performance center delivery.

3/18 - Negotiation complete and deposit placed at dealership. Impatiently waiting on a build allocation.
3/25 - Build allocation assigned. Order Received and tracking in MyBMW. I was told I had a build slot for week 18 (first week in May).
4/16 - Production Begins - I was shocked to see the build started 3 weeks early
4/22 - Exterior assembly begins
4/23 - In Paint Booth
4/26 - Entering Assembly Line
4/27 - Quality Check
4/27 - Awaiting Carrier Assignment
5/4 - Dispatched from Factory
5/5 - At the Port
5/10 - In Transit
5/30 - Estimated arrival at Port Charleston
6/1 - Actual arrival at Port Charleston
6/15 - Car Purchase
6/29 - Delivered - Freaking Amazing!
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This was my timeline:

104 days or 3 months and 12 days order to delivery. I should note that it probably would have been several weeks sooner if I hadn’t done performance center delivery.

3/18 - Negotiation complete and deposit placed at dealership. Impatiently waiting on a build allocation.
3/25 - Build allocation assigned. Order Received and tracking in MyBMW. I was told I had a build slot for week 18 (first week in May).
4/16 - Production Begins - I was shocked to see the build started 3 weeks early
4/22 - Exterior assembly begins
4/23 - In Paint Booth
4/26 - Entering Assembly Line
4/27 - Quality Check
4/27 - Awaiting Carrier Assignment
5/4 - Dispatched from Factory
5/5 - At the Port
5/10 - In Transit
5/30 - Estimated arrival at Port Charleston
6/1 - Actual arrival at Port Charleston
6/15 - Car Purchase
6/29 - Delivered - Freaking Amazing!


I didn't have PCD and it still took 111 days! I'm thinking I'd still be waiting if I did PCD.
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I can imagine how you felt waiting, in 1989 I had ordered a Mustang GT and it took almost 4 months of waiting, so frustrating.

Funny, June 2020 I had "built" an M40i on BMW site but all I could afford was a lease for a lightly optioned 30i, I had 6 months left on my M240i lease so I was checking dealer inventories for new and on a whim also looked for used on Cargurus and a used M40i almost exactly the same as my build right down to the color combination (except I didn't want the black wheels) was at a dealer about 10 miles away in Freeport. It had 7K and were asking 60K, too expensive :-( It had been sitting since March, in July I searched again and I saw it was reduced to 55K, and said wth I scheduled a test drive and purchased it on the spot. Luckiest I've ever been buying a car.
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I can imagine how you felt waiting, in 1989 I had ordered a Mustang GT and it took almost 4 months of waiting, so frustrating.

Funny, June 2020 I had "built" an M40i on BMW site but all I could afford was a lease for a lightly optioned 30i, I had 6 months left on my M240i lease so I was checking dealer inventories for new and on a whim also looked for used on Cargurus and a used M40i almost exactly the same as my build right down to the color combination (except I didn't want the black wheels) was at a dealer about 10 miles away in Freeport. It had 7K and were asking 60K, too expensive :-( It had been sitting since March, in July I searched again and I saw it was reduced to 55K, and said wth I scheduled a test drive and purchased it on the spot. Luckiest I've ever been buying a car.
Interesting story and glad it worked out for you. I've had mine now all of 3 days and have yet to see another on the road. i think we all own unicorns.
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Interesting story and glad it worked out for you. I've had mine now all of 3 days and have yet to see another on the road. i think we all own unicorns.
Did you buy cleaning supplies yet? If so what did you get?

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Did you buy cleaning supplies yet? If so what did you get?

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No sir. I'm taking it today for ppf, ceramic, and tinting. When I am there, I plan to ask what to use for hand washing. Something tells me that dawn dishwashing soap is no longer an option.

The ceramic I am going with is the matte version of Ceramic Pro 9H.

On a separate topic, now that you seen the photos, how close are our builds?
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No sir. I'm taking it today for ppf, ceramic, and tinting. When I am there, I plan to ask what to use for hand washing. Something tells me that dawn dishwashing soap is no longer an option.

The ceramic I am going with is the matte version of Ceramic Pro 9H.

On a separate topic, now that you seen the photos, how close are our builds?
Let me know what they recommend ...from my reading you must use matte paint-specific shampoo (no polymers or anything that might fill in the uneven clear coat that gives the matte paint its look). Same with any "wax" ...which I have learned, for matte paint, is sealant, not wax. The BMW matte paint products I bought work great.

Assuming you got every option, we're almost identical; the differences are just the wheels and interior trim, I got gloss black for both. How do you like the Alcantara?

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Let me know what they recommend ...from my reading you must use matte paint-specific shampoo (no polymers or anything that might fill in the uneven clear coat that gives the matte paint its look). Same with any "wax" ...which I have learned, for matte paint, is sealant, not wax. The BMW matte paint products I bought work great.

Assuming you got every option, we're almost identical; the differences are just the wheels and interior trim, I got gloss black for both. How do you like the Alcantara?

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Will let you know when I collect the car this week. I decided against the PPF. The sample placed on the car put a sheen to the paint and it didn't look good. The ceramic and tinting will be done by Wednesday.

The only option I did not get was adaptive cruise. The alcantara looks and feels awesome. The blue stiching all over the really adds to the look and is classy. The door cards have alcantara as well and it feels like suede.
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