[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by simon the pieman

Yeah really like the mp kit. Post some pic's of yours when you get it. Are you gonna leave the mp kit in matte black?

I'm leaving the bottom of the front lip in matte black and the 'diffuser/fins' part of the back in matte black. Everything else is going to be in body colour. Decals will go on matte black too. Even the side sills will be body colour.

I think this will look good and I've seen it on pictures which makes me think it's the way to go. You can get away with matte black on white/red but not so much on the darker colours... IMO of course.

[simon the pieman]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

I'm leaving the bottom of the front lip in matte black and the 'diffuser/fins' part of the back in matte black. Everything else is going to be in body colour. Decals will go on matte black too. Even the side sills will be body colour.

I think this will look good and I've seen it on pictures which makes me think it's the way to go. You can get away with matte black on white/red but not so much on the darker colours...

Agree with that. I think it looks best on mine left in matte black. Although I've seen a mineral grey f30 with the kit in matte black in my local dealers showroom. That looked nice. Anyway good luck with it.

[M5 F90 (2018)]

Hi guys, Im new to the forum and have just placed my order today for the 335D XDrive. Have to say i love the M performance with 405 20 inch wheels and have these on order too. I just wanted to ask how you find the ride as im around the hertfordshire/essex areas. Really worried the ride may be really harsh on the 20's.

Love the white with M performance extras and have to say that i noticed the gap between arch and tire seem to be less when you run 20's. Must be the imagination but a defo difference from the 19's or 18's when i saw the car in the show room.

[simon the pieman]

Originally Posted by 335D Xdrive (2015)

Hi guys, Im new to the forum and have just placed my order today for the 335D XDrive. Have to say i love the M performance with 405 20 inch wheels and have these on order too. I just wanted to ask how you find the ride as im around the hertfordshire/essex areas. Really worried the ride may be really harsh on the 20's.

Love the white with M performance extras and have to say that i noticed the gap between arch and tire seem to be less when you run 20's. Must be the imagination but a defo difference from the 19's or 18's when i saw the car in the show room.

Hi mate. To be honest I think the ride is ok, I'm use to firm suspension anyway. On a nice piece of Tarmac , it's quiet and smooth. Around town it's what you'd expect I think. I will change to non run flats purely for cost I think.
Welcome to the forum by the way. I've only been on a few months myself.

[scotty01]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

19" M Double spoke 442 - Picture below.



Nicked the picture from a thread by scotty01. (Hope you don't mind!)

I really like the look of the 405M alloys but thought against it as I can always change later if I curb these alloys or fancy a change at a later date. I've seen them on various websites for a very good price as well. I'll ride these out for a bit.

No worries mate, lovely wheels!
Your spec is amazing everything ticked and that engine will sound amazing. i'd already had my 335d order locked in as the 340i was announced. was so tempted to pull the plug on the 335d but decided to stick with it in the end. No regrets but part of me would have loved a 340i i must admit.

[Mr Enigma]

It got to 5055 Confirmed by Production Control as of yesterday!

[Apl440i or 335d?]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

It got to 5055 Confirmed by Production Control as of yesterday!

Lol. Yayyyyy!

[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by Apl000?

Lol. Yayyyyy!

My VIN ends in K467477, and the last one that has been produced today is K467466, so about 11 cars away!

Gosh you formers have made me into an even bigger geek!!!

I know I'll be tracking the ship with my car in it when it gets transported but I WON'T be travelling to Southampton to try and see it being unloaded... lol

[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by 335d JTD

I've also gone for:
ZAOW Opal White Merino lthr - BMW Individual
XT1 Leather instrument panel - BMW Individual

Some very useful info regarding Dr Leather products courtesy of Beancounter_74 on this thread:
http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...1165981&page=2

In preparation for the arrival of mine I've recently taken delivery of:
1 x Dr Leather Dye Block 250ml - Minimises Dye Transfer = £39.99
1 x Dr Leather Advanced Formula Leather Cleaner Spray - 1 Litre = £29.99
1 x Dr Leather Advanced Formula Cleaning Wipes - Tub of 150 = £22.99
1 x Valet PRO Leather and Soft Top Cleaning Brush = £9.95
2 x White Microfibre Cloths - Multi Purpose - Pack of 10

via http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/

I seriously rate these guys at Elite Car Care, excellent website regarding account/ordering/tracking + super efficient and customer focused service

Thanks for the advice mate. I'm gonna get these ordered for my car. From the looks of it I'm thinking it's around £100 all in? I have microfibre cloths so I won't be getting those.

[Mr Enigma]

I got a production date of today on the car when I check use a VIN checker... Does that mean the car is now made or does that mean it has gone into production? Thanks!

[Daftasabrush]

It'll probably take around 24 hours to build in total but today will be considered the build date.

[M8 JTD]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

Thanks for the advice mate. I'm gonna get these ordered for my car. From the looks of it I'm thinking it's around £100 all in? I have microfibre cloths so I won't be getting those.

Sorry mate only just seen this.



I thought I'd stock up with some white microfibres for the leather as all of mine are either bright red or blue (risk of dye transfer from the microfibre to the Opal White leather???? )

[M8 JTD]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

I got a production date of today on the car when I check use a VIN checker... Does that mean the car is now made or does that mean it has gone into production? Thanks!

Excellent news mate

"5500 Assembly Complete" = VIN Tracker Production Date

It takes approx 40 hours (which could obviously span 3 working days) to complete production - "5100 Bodyshop Start" to "5500 Assembly Complete".

On that basis (and assuming BMW continue to produce UK 335d Tourings at last week's rate of 15 per day), mine should have already started production today and hopefully complete just before EOD tomorrow.

Fingers crossed

[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by Daftasabrush

It'll probably take around 24 hours to build in total but today will be considered the build date.

You may be right but are you sure? 335d JTD seems to suggest that production date = built. No UK 340i's were built on Friday or Saturday as all prior VINs were built on Thursday. This may just be me being hopeful though!

Originally Posted by 335d JTD

Excellent news mate

"5500 Assembly Complete" = VIN Tracker Production Date

It takes approx 40 hours (which could obviously span 3 working days) to complete production - "5100 Bodyshop Start" to "5500 Assembly Complete".

On that basis (and assuming BMW continue to produce UK 335d Tourings at last week's rate of 15 per day), mine should have already started production today and hopefully complete just before EOD tomorrow.

Fingers crossed

On that basis the car is then built? Any idea how long this will take to get to the port? I was going to check when the next car shipment is...

Good news on your build! Our cars may even be shipmates if the timings work out...

Fingers cross indeed!

[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by 335d JTD

Sorry mate only just seen this.



I thought I'd stock up with some white microfibres for the leather as all of mine are either bright red or blue (risk of dye transfer from the microfibre to the Opal White leather???? )

The Dr Leather Dye Block is out of stock so I'll have to wait for it to get back in before I order...

[Hunky Dory]

Having just ordered myself a 340i, this seems a good place to check in and ask how you guys are tracking your orders so closely? Aside from the undurstandable excitement at the new motor arriving I am also about 1-2 months away from needing 4 new tyres and a full set of brake pads changing, so would like the new one to arrive before shelling of for that little lot!

Therefore tracking order status may help me to "pace" my driving!

[M8 JTD]

Originally Posted by Hunky Dory

Having just ordered myself a 340i, this seems a good place to check in and ask how you guys are tracking your orders so closely? Aside from the undurstandable excitement at the new motor arriving I am also about 1-2 months away from needing 4 new tyres and a full set of brake pads changing, so would like the new one to arrive before shelling of for that little lot!

Therefore tracking order status may help me to "pace" my driving!

To quote myself from another thread...

Originally Posted by 335d JTD

I've asked my dealer to email me a screenshot of the BMW Mainframe (This is where you get the "Current Event" status/code from) whenever there is change in status. If I'm feeling impatient I just drop them an email and they usually send me a screenshot back later that day.

Everything else you could possibly want to know about status codes, order tracking, VIN tracking, ship tracking and timelines etc...is on my thread below:

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1173203

[Daftasabrush]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

You may be right but are you sure? 335d JTD seems to suggest that production date = built. No UK 340i's were built on Friday or Saturday as all prior VINs were built on Thursday. This may just be me being hopeful though!

To be fair, I was basing that duration on my tour of Ryton when they were making Pug 206s, it's entirely possible a more larger, more complex car takes longer to build, but manufacturing tech has also moved on. I kinda plucked the figure out of the air in hindsight

[Mr Enigma]

Got to 9605 - Pre EU Port of Exit. However the expected week has shifted from 42 to 43 so not sure if that's due to a backlog of cars at the port...

[M8 JTD]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

Got to 9605 - Pre EU Port of Exit. However the expected week has shifted from 42 to 43 so not sure if that's due to a backlog of cars at the port...

Hey mate - Excellent news regarding "9605 - Pre EU Port of Exit".

I’ve been regularly checking the Southampton shipping schedule over the last few days (shows arrivals up to Oct 8th at the moment) and have been rather concerned with the lack of suitable ships appearing.

http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live...ned_Movements/

I have some good news though, I‘ve just refreshed the page and both Asian Breeze and Arabian Breeze have just appeared (scheduled to arrive within a day of each other which is very unusual) – The main two ships that BMW & UECC Shipping use from Cuxhaven into Southampton!

If there is a backlog issue BMW/UECC have now dispatched the cavalry!


ASIAN BREEZE 8202381 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 06-Oct-2015 12:30 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.01 11623 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS
ARABIAN BREEZE 8202355 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 07-Oct-2015 21:00 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.00 12577 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS

+ Both ship trackers here:
http://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/...MMSI-564994000
and
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-563373000


Hopefully mine will be on one of them as well.

All the best,
Joe

[Mr Enigma]

Originally Posted by 335d JTD

Hey mate - Excellent news regarding "9605 - Pre EU Port of Exit".

I’ve been regularly checking the Southampton shipping schedule over the last few days (shows arrivals up to Oct 8th at the moment) and have been rather concerned with the lack of suitable ships appearing.

http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live...ned_Movements/

I have some good news though, I‘ve just refreshed the page and both Asian Breeze and Arabian Breeze have just appeared (scheduled to arrive within a day of each other which is very unusual) – The main two ships that BMW & UECC Shipping use from Cuxhaven into Southampton!

If there is a backlog issue BMW/UECC have now dispatched the cavalry!


ASIAN BREEZE 8202381 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 06-Oct-2015 12:30 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.01 11623 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS
ARABIAN BREEZE 8202355 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 07-Oct-2015 21:00 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.00 12577 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS

+ Both ship trackers here:
http://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/...MMSI-564994000
and
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-563373000


Hopefully mine will be on one of them as well.

All the best,
Joe

Thanks for the info Joe, what status is your car at the moment?

Sounds like the next shipment is the 6th and 7th of next week then? What's the shipping time to Southampton?

[M8 JTD]

Originally Posted by Mr Enigma

Thanks for the info Joe, what status is your car at the moment?

Sounds like the next shipment is the 6th and 7th of next week then? What's the shipping time to Southampton?

I was still "9000 Departed Plant" first thing this morning so expecting to go "9605 - Pre EU Port of Exit" later today or tomorrow as it usually only takes a couple of days to get from the factory to the docks.

Those are the arrival dates into Southampton + The crossing will only take a day as they are both coming directly from Cuxhaven with no stops on the way.