Besides, the finish isn't all that great and looks fake. You can totally tell it's been sprayed. Spraying the inside of the lens creates a few challenges though.

One, the lens has an odd shape and has a lot of intricate patterns on the inside which can create dark and light spots. Nothing worse than a lens that LOOKS painted because the coverage is uneven.

Two, trying to match the original amber color. Too little paint and your lens is too light. Too much, and the lens is too dark. Last, making sure the clearcoat doesn't screw up the whole package.

So I end up painting the lenses in three stages then after letting it dry overnight, give it a coat of clear. Sorry, I didn't take pictures of the painting stages but I do have some pictures of the finished lenses.

The two lenses on the left are the painted ones. The one on the right is an original Tom's lens.

The Tom's lenses are super hard to find and right now I only have the left one which was from my original Coupe Celica from back in the day.

I haven't given up hope though. I know I'll find a set of these one of these days at the right price.

I actually painted the new lenses slightly darker than the original Tom's lens. When the light shines thru the lens, it comes out slightly lighter than the original. So to compensate, I made it a bit darker.

Yeah yeah I know, clear lenses are the style now. But hey, I'm trying to keep the car true to the era it came from. Not cater to some dork Tunerboy with some clear side markers and neon lights under his sticker plastered Civic.