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Originally Posted by NEOSJW
Apparently the car is built ready to be sprayed but for sone unknown reason it is going to take them another 5 weeks to complete the build and get it shipped (now looking at the w/c 18th May. Sounds like someone is being fed false info along the lines,
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They dont keep unpainted bodies other than in the buffer holding area and there its only a few hours.
The body is also only allocated a VIN number when it goes into final assembly, so after painting. ( They can re-allocate a body at any time to any VIN before final assembly starts)
The whole process from first weld to the car being driven out the factory takes around 48Hours, which includes built in buffer hold times of up to 12 hours at a time. ( After paint buffer is usually the longest)
I know E90 that went into production on a Monday, finished on the Tuesday, sent to the dealer on Wednesday, got Tint , Tracking system install and final dealer Inspection on Thursday and owners picked them up first thing Friday morning