[djarchow]

Originally Posted by djarchow

My dealer thought I would have it here in Iowa by the end of March but I am not optimistic about that as that would be right at one month from start of production.

2016 M235i
Estoril Blue w/black Dakota
Tech pack
Cold weather pack
Driver Assistance
Harmon Kardon
Black kidney grills

Order placed 2-27-16
Production started (150) 3-1-16
Paint shop (152) 3-8-16
Production completed (155) 3-10-016
In Transit to port (190) 3-10-16
Arrived at Port of Exit (193) 3-11-16
On the Asian Empire (195) 3-18-16
Arrived Baltimore (196) 4-1-16
At VPC 4-4-16

Mine got into the Baltimore VPC yesterday though they haven't started on it yet. The BMW Genius says it is tentatively scheduled for delivery to my dealer in Iowa on Sunday.

[redontheline]

Originally Posted by HighRevs11

Picked her up today! Incredible car and I'm still breaking her in - only 11 miles when I got her! Will start a thread but here's a pic:

Looks fantastic.

[djarchow]

After getting all excited because BMW and my dealer were saying that my car should be at the dealership this Sunday April 10; now they say it may never have made it on the truck and they aren't sure where it is. I called the trucking company and they have no paperwork on it either.

[ibeam81]

Originally Posted by djarchow

After getting all excited because BMW and my dealer were saying that my car should be at the dealership this Sunday April 10; now they say it may never have made it on the truck and they aren't sure where it is. I called the trucking company and they have no paperwork on it either.

That's terrible. Hope they locate your car soon.

[djarchow]

Well it finally arrived at the dealership yesterday and I picked it up this afternoon. Loving it so far, though I will miss my 335is. Great experience with Tyler Nessit at Zimmerman BMW.

[HighRevs11]

Originally Posted by djarchow

Well it finally arrived at the dealership yesterday and I picked it up this afternoon. Loving it so far, though I will miss my 335is. Great experience with Tyler Nessit at Zimmerman BMW.

Congrats! Glad to see it all worked out! I have to get around to getting some more pics of mine up too...been too busy driving haha! Did manage to install the lightweight front lip though!

[ibeam81]

Congrats! Love the Estoril Blue. I'm picking mine up at the Performance Center on April 25.

[redontheline]

I finally signed last night. Only one more week to go. I'll be down in SC next Friday.

[savethemanuals]

My car's been sitting in Bremerhaven for more than a week...starting to get impatient, although I know others have waited a lot more

[redontheline]

Originally Posted by savethemanuals

My car's been sitting in Bremerhaven for more than a week...starting to get impatient, although I know others have waited a lot more

I think mine sat there for 12 days

[djarchow]

Originally Posted by savethemanuals

My car's been sitting in Bremerhaven for more than a week...starting to get impatient, although I know others have waited a lot more

Mine sat there for a week before getting on the boat but the tracking, both BMW's and the 2Wglobal website, didn't actually show it was on the ship for 5 days after it had already left port. So there is always the chance it is already on the way.

[savethemanuals]

Originally Posted by djarchow

Mine sat there for a week before getting on the boat but the tracking, both BMW's and the 2Wglobal website, didn't actually show it was on the ship for 5 days after it had already left port. So there is always the chance it is already on the way.

Fortunately my dealer has been fantastic about updating me about these things...He sent me an email 3 hours after the car was officially scanned in on the boat, so I've been tracking it on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen website. Scheduled to come on the 29th

[boostm3]

For all you lucky guys who have ordered and are receiving shipments. Got a question regarding stock wheels....

While shopping at the dealer yesterday, I noticed that prior year M235s had gunmetal gray wheels; I was told by the salesman that this was their Orbit Gray for prior model years.. . When I saw the '16 with Orbit gray, as I saw on bmwusa site, orbit gray has become virtually black.

My question is, are the non orbit-gray 18' stock rims a bright aluminum color as has been the case in the past, or are they slightly darker shaded.. Im interested because, as anybody knows who is familiar with Bmws, brake dust is prodigious and is all too visible on bright aluminum colored wheels.. Any darker shading of that color will help camouflage that obnoxious dust. I would love if the standard aluminum colored rims had morphed to gunmetal gray, which would help a lot.

Thanks.

[djarchow]

Originally Posted by boostm3

My question is, are the non orbit-gray 18' stock rims a bright alum

Thanks.

The wheels on my 2016 are a gray color, not bright silver.

[boostm3]

Originally Posted by djarchow

The wheels on my 2016 are a gray color, not bright silver.

Do you think theyre dark enough to hide much of the prodigious brake dust bmw brake pads produce, or would you go with the new black Orbit grey option?

[redontheline]

Originally Posted by boostm3

Do you think theyre dark enough to hide much of the prodigious brake dust bmw brake pads produce, or would you go with the new black Orbit grey option?

Orbit grey is definitely not as black as the builder makes them seem, where they are depicted as almost gloss black. In direct light, they are a deep deep grey. Were the cars you saw inside or was it a cloudy day? I was not going to get them until I saw them on a member's car here. You can find those on google images with "bmw m235i orbit grey" or you can check out my recent PCD post for some more orbit examples in different light and angles.

I think the stock wheels would show some dust.

[boostm3]

Originally Posted by redontheline

Orbit grey is definitely not as black as the builder makes them seem, where they are depicted as almost gloss black. In direct light, they are a deep deep grey. Were the cars you saw inside or was it a cloudy day? I was not going to get them until I saw them on a member's car here. You can find those on google images with "bmw m235i orbit grey" or you can check out my recent PCD post for some more orbit examples in different light and angles.

I think the stock wheels would show some dust.

What confuses the matter is that prior to 2016, the rims listed as Orbit Grey were in fact grey; certainly in comparison to the relatively black rims that are now passed as Orbit Grey on the bmw configurator. I saw in the op's pic of his glacier silver new delivery with orbit grey rims, theyre really not black; just a darker grey than what used to be called Orbit Grey. Im thinking they look pretty good, and should do a good job at hiding much of the dust...

[redontheline]

The lighter wasn't always ferric?

[boostm3]

Originally Posted by redontheline

The lighter wasn't always ferric?

I could be wrong, but I think Ferric was always lighter than Orbit.