# Cloudy gauge cluster lens **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** is-300, lexus\ **Created:** [May 22, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966 "2024-05-22T22:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/42 "2024-05-28T05:58:01Z")
Before replacing the lens try polishing it with a slurry of water and baking soda. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/43 "2024-05-28T12:56:45Z")
I find this interesting. If you blow up the image, some interesting artifacts can be seen. The damage is definitely over the concentric circles and affecting them. I would expect those to be applied to the inside of the lens. Are they? If you run your fingernail over the plastic where they are, can you feel those lines? If not, maybe the damage really is on the inside of the lens… ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/4/f4f365b6cd57fbadff8c37d2f4c0a9324f1366e8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Clueless33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/44 "2024-05-28T19:42:57Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > I find this interesting. If you blow up the image, some interesting artifacts can be seen. The damage is definitely over the concentric circles and affecting them. I would expect those to be applied to the inside of the lens. Are they? If you run your fingernail over the plastic where they are, can you feel those lines? If not, maybe the damage really is on the inside of the lens… I cannot feel it from the outside. So I’m convinced the defect is on the inside. But our friend Naveda on here says something like this cannot be felt on the outside. So there is that. I brought the car to a Lamborghini shop because my friend works there all the guys there looked at the cluster and told me the issue cannot be fixed without replacing the lens. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/45 "2024-05-28T19:47:49Z")
What that might be is an anti-reflective coating applied to the inside of the instrument cluster bezel. ![djtla2u9cn851](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/b/6b80b674da8f3f200e8609a032408a7f41c6826a.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Clueless33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/46 "2024-05-28T20:04:42Z")
Is there a way to prevent this from happening again in the future, Tester? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966/47 "2024-05-28T20:08:38Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > The damage is definitely over the concentric circles That bezel is inside the cluster over the LED display, it moves to the right when the information screen is selected. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/b/3bc79c0335c4560c36a6689abb0c7b50a4b800c1.jpeg) This is what it looks like when the chrome bezel fails to return to the center position. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/8/784946420488843a66fca55db140c73101526105.jpeg) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cloudy-gauge-cluster-lens/194966.md?page=2)