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      10-11-2018, 09:04 PM   #1
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Fog light question

I was browsing through the 2014 LCI update thread today and noticed a button next to the headlight dial, as pictured. On any other car, I'd say it's to activate fog lights. I didn't think the e89 Z4 had fog lights. What's this for?

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      10-11-2018, 09:16 PM   #2
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If this picture is from a euro-spec E89, then it is likely a rear fog light. Most euro-spec cars have rear fog lights. Several countries make them mandatory. They are often built right into the existing tail light clusters. I retrofitted my F10 to have rear fog lights by simply replacing the switch on the dash to include a button that looks just like the one on your picture, and the car was already wired so that the rear fog lights worked right away on my Canadian-spec F10 after I replaced the switch module. From my experience in Belgium with my Canadian-spec E89, I do not believe just replacing the switch on the dash will activate a north-americas spec E89, as the tail lights are actually mildly different in Europe. There was a thread on this topic on this E89 board a few years ago.
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Very helpful reply. Thank you!
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Yup, definitely for a rear fog light. The giveaway is the direction the light symbol is facing compared to the headlight symbol.
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It is the rear fog light. They're mandatory in all of the EU and as far as I'm aware in all other European countries.
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