As soon as it's tinted. Might as well do everything at once.

 

Does this problem exist on all '08 lancer models?

 

umm i had mine tinted for 3ish weeks and the guys said only wait 24 hours.. lol and its semi cold with no sun.. and ive had no problems.. they do lifetime warranty also though

 

Hard to say. SE is kind of a newer trim, so maybe had time to fix it. Maybe not.

I know that just from scanning the first few posts of this thread, I saw both GTS and DE owners.

 

I am getting mine retined sooner or later becasue my tint job turned out bad, I mean yea its better than stock but I want darker

 

One of the local dealers here is now actually correcting the tint scratch problem before they even put the cars on the lot.

 

are they changing the weather striping out?

 

There is NO weather stripping felt to begin with.

Many Mitsubishi dealers use Tint Protector’s felt moleskin to line their weather seals on the lancers before they sell the car.

 

No. They said there is a strip or section of the wiper they just remove.

 

Mitsubishi is redoning the tint on my GTS this week...I told them at the time of purchase to put in the mole skin but they said I didn't have to and that I had 5 year warrenty on the tint. I said ok, you'll see me back here soon enough, and months later they admit to the problem.

 

I wish my dealer got the memo on this. They still don't noe how to deal with the problem

I got the felt installed....it just slowed down the scratching, didin't completely stop it cause dirt and grime still get caught between the window causing it to scratch

 

I bought the moleskin kit too when they first came out. Lazy got the best of me though and i never installed it. The other day i went to the dealership for an oil change (lazy getting the best of me again but it's free) and my advisor noticed the new scratches on the tint they previously replaced. He explained they figured out what was causing it and now i'm getting another tint job while they perform thier "fix" to the problem.

 

well let me know when they find a fix, i have moleskin installed in mine for the time being...

 

the dealship had noticed the problem before i bought my car (at least mine did) they now install that kit with tint, so problem solved for me

 

I have the moleskin and theyhe were great for about 3 monthes...then after that they started scratching