Controls and features -> Lamps: High/Low beams, Fog lamps, Interior lamps for Your BMW Z8 Roadster First Generation (2000-2003)

Parking lamps/Low beams  
Instrument lighting  
69n  
"Follow me home" lamps:  
If you actuate the headlamp  
flasher after you have parked the  
vehicle and shut off the engine, the low  
beams will remain on for a brief period.  
You may also have this function deacti-  
vated if you wish.<  
"LIGHTS ON" warning  
If you turn the ignition key to position 0,  
an acoustic signal will sound for a few  
seconds after the driver's door has  
been opened if the low beams have not  
been switched off.  
Parking lamps (side marker  
lamps)  
Turn the knob to adjust the lighting  
intensity.  
With the switch in this position,  
the front, rear and side vehicle  
lighting is switched on.  
Daytime driving lamps*  
The headlamps are automatically  
switched on for daylight driving when  
ignition key is in position 2.  
When leaving the vehicle parked, you  
also have the additional option of acti-  
vating the lighting on just one side, refer  
to page 70.  
Low beams  
If you switch off the ignition  
while the low beams are on,  
only the parking lamps (side  
marker lamps) remain on.  
70nHigh beams/Standing lamps  
Rear fog lamp  
1 High beams (blue indicator lamp)  
The yellow indicator lamp in the  
instrument cluster lights up  
whenever the rear fog lamp is  
2 Headlamp flasher (blue indicator  
lamp)  
switched on.  
3 Standing lamps  
Comply with legal requirements  
regarding fog lamp use.  
Standing lamps, left or right  
When leaving the vehicle parked, you  
also have the additional option of acti-  
vating the lighting on just one side:  
With the ignition key in position 0, move  
the turn signal lever in the desired  
direction (for left or right side); allow the  
detent to engage.  
Interior lamps  
Reading lamps  
71n  
In order to prevent battery  
discharge, all of the lamps in the  
vehicle are switched off automatically  
approx. 15 minutes after the ignition  
key has been turned to position 0.<  
The interior lamps operate automati-  
cally.  
The reading lamps can be switched on  
and off using the push button, located  
next to each lamp.  
Switching the interior lamps on  
and off manually  
Turn the knob.  
If you want the interior lamps to remain  
off, keep the knob turned for approx.  
3 seconds.  
Turn the knob again to turn it back on.  
Footwell lamps  
The footwell lamps operate in the same  
way as the interior lamps.