Install the moleskin after you get the tint on..Also dont forget to clean the rubber with alcohol wipes

 

I have not tinted my windows yet but I did do some research on solutions to the problem. Even people with moleskin are reporting back with scratches. On www.tintdude.com there's a thread about '08 Lancers and different tinters experiences and solutions.


"Easiest thing to do is remove the door panels, with the window down, remove the rubstrip off the top the the door and 'surgically' remove the 2nd rubstrip. Then tint as usual. In fact, Mitsu dealers have a 'TSB' (technical service bulletin) NOT to tint the windows of 2008 Outlanders, Lancers and Evolution X's. I do between 10-15 a month. NO scratching. It helps that my 'work' vehicle is an Evo!"

"This tip was given to me by the tech in charge of interiors at the local Mitsu dealer and I now employ it on every 08/09 Lancer, Evolution and Outlander. With the window down, remove the door panel. Then remove the rub strip at the base of the window. It has 2 rubber 'blades' on the inside, facing the glass. With your Olfa knife, cut the lower strip off at the base. Tint as usual and replace panel. Easy, no felting required. I've done over 20 this way and have had none come back with scratches, including 3 owned by dealer employees, who report every little thing!"

 

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some one should seriously stickey this. i would have been so pissed if i got my windows done like i was gona and this happen.

 

i just spoke to the garage and they said that their anti scratch lumar tint will not scratch up with the lancers. they said that you could take a scraper to it and it would be fine. they said they are aware of the problem and that many people are claiming to sell the anti scratch lumar tint when they are actually selling cheap stuff from china. any advice on this? they seemed pretty confident in the stuff they use

 

Never heard of it myself, but as long as they're offering Lifetime on the tint and they are confident about it, I'd say go with it.

 

if you do that, will there be any air flowing in from outside if i drive my car?
will it be safe to do this as well if i have tints already too?
dang, i can't decide if i should felt or cut that stupid strip...

 

Darn tintprotector.com only sent me enough for 3 out of my 4 windows!!!!!!!!!!! Pay 30 bux for 1 buck worth of material and they can't even send me enough!

 

I did mine today and I still had about 8 inches left over....Install was a breeze.

 

Tint Protector has some of the best customer service I have seen to date.

BTW- The moleskin they sell IS NOT "A buck". They manufacture it and it costs them a lot more than that to make.

Project_evo, your probably didn't follow the directions correctly. Don't blame it on them.

 

it would be pretty hard to not install in correctly.....

 

LOL! I had it completed within about 20 min. The tint shop said everything was perfect prior to tinting my windows. They actually said they throw in the tint protector free upon tinting (which I needed about half a window worth because tintprotector didn't send me enough), so anyone looking to tint their windows check if your tinter will provide the protector free.

I appreciate your insight to my problem flnsx maybe I'll test their great customer service and see what they say about my problem.

 

Did you use two strips on each window?

 

thank goodness my Evo was tinted from the factory....

 

tint protector?
nice!