'14 OEM shifter boot

Gene? Talk to Chris and explain your woes. Never let me down.

7277 is not the right one if it comes with the chrome piece on the top. The GT500 boot had no chrome trim ring on the top.That's the one I got handed when they ordered one for me. Totally different design. I have this on my car now but not the same or correct piece that came with the car. I had to modify the crap out of it to fit correctly.

Bearbo said:

Gene? Talk to Chris and explain your woes. Never let me down.

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Yeah Gene didn't seem to enthusiastic about helping me out. I've dealt with Chris numerous times in the past with good results. I'll wait to see what shows up. They had to order it, so it will be another week or so before I see what I get.

I can watch any kind of porn at any time on any type of device yet people can't get the right part for their cars. So stupid. It should not be so hard. Here is my vin, here is what I need...boom thank you.

Too bad it doesn't work this way. Hate to see everyone having problems on such a simple part.

Bad Company & Clemson, as 99VERT said, BR3Z-7277-B isn't the correct part. Thank you though.

I contacted Autonation as suggested, but they came back with the same DR3Z-7277-AA I've been getting all along, same as Bad Company.

I contacted Ford Parts, and they confirmed that DR3Z-7277-AA is the correct part for '13-'14 cars built 4-30-12 to 6-27-14, and the part had not been superceded. They also said that if I could get any numbers at all off my factory boot, that they could contact engineering for help. I haven't gotten any time in the garage yet to look though.

I called SA about some new/used take-out boots, and they told me to email the eBay team. I emailed the SA eBay team, but of course, I got no response.

I emailed Ford customer service, but got no response.

I called Ford customer service, had a nice long conversation with a very nice women who concluded that new part would just have to be "conditioned" by "my local dealer" to match my old part. So that was a little funny

At this point it appears Ford has substituted DR3Z-7277-AA with a different boot, and "it is what it is".

I'm looking forward to seeing what Bad Company receives.

I have 2 shelby take-off ones. What are they worth?

50stangpower said:

I have 2 shelby take-off ones. What are they worth?

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Well the DR3Z-7277-AA boot from Ford retails for $50, and can generally be purchased for around $35 from a dealer.

If you would like to sell one, PM me if you can. Or I'll just post my email address or my phone # or whatever works for you. Thank you.

Well I can say that Ford totally has the database screwed up for this part after spending a considerable amount of time trying to get the proper boot. Nobody at Ford Customer Service can figure it out. They transferred me to the SVT Group to try to resolve the problem. Unfortunately I don't think they found the correct boot either. SVT gave me part number BR3Z-7277-A. Looking this up on Tasca's website the picture doesn't match either.

http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-ford/br3z7277a

Well after spending a tremendous amount of time and effort to resolve this problem.........it can't be resolved through Ford.

Ford made the change to the suede like material in the final production of the 2014 MY of these cars. Ford made this change to reduce consumer complaints of NVH being transmitted from the shifter to the interior cabin of the car. According to the information I received from Mike at Autonation, Ford discontinued the leather boot in 2013. It hasn't been available as a service replacement item in smooth leather since the change to suede. So the only shifter boot available is a suede or alcantra material for these cars

Fatty Freddy Cook "THE CROOK" at Evolution Performance in Aston PA............Thank You again for stealing parts from my car while it was in your shop

Bad Company said:

Well after spending a tremendous amount of time and effort to resolve this problem.........it can't be resolved through Ford.

Ford made the change to the suede like material in the final production of the 2014 MY of these cars. Ford made this change to reduce consumer complaints of NVH being transmitted from the shifter to the interior cabin of the car. According to the information I received from Mike at Autonation, Ford discontinued the leather boot in 2013. It hasn't been available as a service replacement item in smooth leather since the change to suede. So the only shifter boot available is a suede or alcantra material for these cars

Fatty Freddy Cook "THE CROOK" at Evolution Performance in Aston PA............Thank You again for stealing parts from my car while it was in your shop

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Well that's lame, but thanks for the info BC!

MovingZen said:

Well that's lame, but thanks for the info BC!

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Yes it is lame. I can't imagine how Ford came up with this idea or how they thought it would look symmetrical with the rest of the interior when compared to the leather parking brake boot right beside the shifter boot. Mike read me the complete email response from Ford's engineering department as to why the change was made to the suede/alcantra material.

I'm pissed off more about it because the original boot in my car was pilfered by Evolution Performance to replace one they damaged in another customers car while my car was sitting in their shop. If I damaged my own boot and ended up with the suede boot, it wouldn't bother me as much. But now every time I look at the suede boot while I'm in the car, it will only remind me of the total screwing I got by those shysters .

I may have found a matching alcantara parking brake boot. Part number AR3Z-2404-B. I guess I'll order one and find out. At least if this part number parking brake boot matches the shifter boot, it won't be a miss-match look in the car.

Maybe one of these in Napa leather would match? Probably much higher quality than the OEM part anyway.
http://www.redlinegoods.com/Mustang10shiftboot.php

Pribilof said:

Maybe one of these in Napa leather would match? Probably much higher quality than the OEM part anyway.
http://www.redlinegoods.com/Mustang10shiftboot.php

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I'll have to contact them. The GT500 has a specific boot, due to the shifter and knob that are different when compared to a regular Mustang.

Thank you for the link.

I thought I had taken this as far as it could go, clearly I was wrong. Good work on getting some answers BC!

The substitution is interesting, but it's really annoying that Ford would do that, and even more annoying that that many people complained about NVH.

But thanks for pursuing it BC!

go to cjpony and order the brake lever boot in alcantera. original equip from 2010-12 gt500. im not a fan of the leather from my 13 so i switched to the alcantera.

Teddy O said:

I thought I had taken this as far as it could go, clearly I was wrong. Good work on getting some answers BC!

The substitution is interesting, but it's really annoying that Ford would do that, and even more annoying that that many people complained about NVH.

But thanks for pursuing it BC!

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I used your picture of the 2 boots side by side. This along with the engineering numbers from the one I have and a few other pictures allowed Mike at Autonation to get a quick answer from Ford's engineering department for the differences, the date of the change and why they made the changes.

In my opinion the change sucks canal water

Bad Company said:

I used your picture of the 2 boots side by side. This along with the engineering numbers from the one I have and a few other pictures allowed Mike at Autonation to get a quick answer from Ford's engineering department for the differences, the date of the change and why they made the changes.

In my opinion the change sucks canal water

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I told Autonation all about the problem, but they didn't seem to have any interest in pursuing it any further. Maybe I had the wrong guy.

As far as the boot change, I now have both the 10/12 alcantera boot and the "original" smooth 13/14 boots in my possession. The 10/12 boot, IMO, is much thinner than the 13/14 boot. It sure doesn't seem possible to me that the thinner 10/12 boot would eliminate more NVH. If anything it would add some.

Also, my car was built in Oct of '13. If memory serves me, they completed the last 13/14 GT500 in Dec of '13. So this production change must have been a very, very late change. Doesn't even seem worth it for just the last few GT500s. Very odd.

Teddy O said:

I told Autonation all about the problem, but they didn't seem to have any interest in pursuing it any further. Maybe I had the wrong guy.

As far as the boot change, I now have both the 10/12 alcantera boot and the "original" smooth 13/14 boots in my possession. The 10/12 boot, IMO, is much thinner than the 13/14 boot. It sure doesn't seem possible to me that the thinner 10/12 boot would eliminate more NVH. If anything it would add some.

Also, my car was built in Oct of '13. If memory serves me, they completed the last 13/14 GT500 in Dec of '13. So this production change must have been a very, very late change. Doesn't even seem worth it for just the last few GT500s. Very odd.

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Mike S. at Autonation is who went the extra mile and emailed Ford asking for the explanation of why the boot material was incorrect. Ford responded with the fact that all service replacement boots will be of suede like material and this change occurred in 2013. He told me the month, but I really wasn't listening to that part of him reading the email response from Ford. As I was already too pissed by the fact the leather was no longer available. I don't know with lead times for the actual production line if the alcantara boot made it into a production model or not. Or if it was changed at the same time the production stopped and the new material was only used a service replacement item afterwards.

I have the shifter skin from a 2012 GT500 and it is leather, but it is sewn together differently when compared to a 13/14 MY. I don't know if any of the earlier GT500s have a set of alcantara boots or not. I'm of the understanding they are all leather, but with different variations of the stitching and seems. I've also found 2 variations of the GT500 in alcantara, both have the same seem placement, but use 2 different color threads in the stitching of the seems. One has black thread and the other has white thread.

AR3Z-7277-AA is an alcantara shifter boot with white thread for the stitching

DR3Z-7277-AA is an alcantara shifter boot with black thread for the stitching

The D prefix is what is supposed to be used for a service replacement on the 13/14 MY GT500. This should match the E Brake boot with the part number AR3Z-2404-B I posted earlier. I'll find out as soon as the one I ordered arrives.