> wrote in message
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> Another newcomer question about the 1992 525i Touring I bought
> recently:
>
> Next to the rear seats on each side, there is one of these:
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/michael.popla...rear-light.jpg
>
> As far as I can tell:
>
> it's a light
> it doesn't light up (neither side)
>
> Are they actually lights, and what would it take to have them light
> up? Or are they something else?

I would say they are lights.
My E34 saloon/sedan has a similar pair, which light up along with the roof
light when a door is opened.
Mike.