Console Heat after MGW shifter install

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

Hey all,

I recently had an MGW shifter installed on my 2014 GT. I noticed after I got the shifter installed at my local MGW dealer that there is an excessive amount of heat coming up through the console, almost like a space heater on full blast. Is this normal for MGW shifters? I have even tried laying the factory heat shield over the foam mat that MGW provided and no dice.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

gkomo · Sep 24, 2025

Do you know whats different between the MGW and the stock shifter?

I'm not familiar with your year mustang but on my Fox, you can literally look down at the ground around the shifter (i have a MGW) so heat can come up through that space. I put whatever carpet like material was there stock, then the MGW foam, then the rubber boot. If i was experiencing more heat, i would just try to put another layer of denser sound deadening/heat resistant material there as well.

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

gkomo said:
Do you know whats different between the MGW and the stock shifter?

I'm not familiar with your year mustang but on my Fox, you can literally look down at the ground around the shifter (i have a MGW) so heat can come up through that space. I put whatever carpet like material was there stock, then the MGW foam, then the rubber boot. If i was experiencing more heat, i would just try to put another layer of denser sound deadening/heat resistant material there as well.

From what I can tell, the MGW shifter itself is a little bit smaller around than the stock shifter possibly causing a small gap around the factory grommet. I asked the local shop about this and they advised that per MGW's instructions, they remove the factory sound deadening/Heat Shield and just use the foam pad that MGW provides.

gkomo · Sep 24, 2025

I wonder if you can just put the factory sound deadening/heat shield over the MGW provided foam, then everything gets sandwiched between the shifter boot bezel? again, thinking of Foxbodies, so yours may be a little different.

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

gkomo said:
I wonder if you can just put the factory sound deadening/heat shield over the MGW provided foam, then everything gets sandwiched between the shifter boot bezel? again, thinking of Foxbodies, so yours may be a little different.

Funny enough I did get the old padding from the shop and put it over the top of the foam, It helped a little bit but didnt fix the issue. The shop is supposed to call MGW to see if this is a known issue and to see what they recommend.

gkomo · Sep 24, 2025

Something needs to seal the gap between the shifter and the transmission tunnel, otherwise the heat from the exhaust/transmission/etc can just come up through that hole. Could also just find a rubber sheet or something and cut to fit.

Noobz347 · Sep 24, 2025

I would take it back and have them do it correctly.

gkomo · Sep 24, 2025

KirkACola said:
Funny enough I did get the old padding from the shop and put it over the top of the foam, It helped a little bit but didnt fix the issue. The shop is supposed to call MGW to see if this is a known issue and to see what they recommend.

I did mine the opposite. I put the factory padding over the hole first, then the MGW foam (sort of worthless IMO), then the shifter bezel boot (the one that gets bolted down to the side of the tunnel opening, then the actual leather shift bezel/boot. I haven't driven mine much overall, but i've never noticed excessive heat coming from the tunnel.

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

Noobz347 said:
I would take it back and have them do it correctly.

Took it back to the shop already and they told me that the foam pad was the only thing that was supposed to be there. The shop told me that they are calling MGW to see if there is a fix.

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

gkomo said:
I did mine the opposite. I put the factory padding over the hole first, then the MGW foam (sort of worthless IMO), then the shifter bezel boot (the one that gets bolted down to the side of the tunnel opening, then the actual leather shift bezel/boot. I haven't driven mine much overall, but i've never noticed excessive heat coming from the tunnel.

The other curve-ball with this is that the factory padding they took out is torn up. Did the best I could to put it back but it is nowhere near perfect

gkomo · Sep 24, 2025

At this point i would just get some mass vinyl sound deadening material and cut to fit. Put the MGW foam on top of that. I don't know if i'd even peel off the side of the sound deadening material to make it stick as that might make future removals harder.

Noobz347 · Sep 24, 2025

Review this video and see if there's anything in the install portion that shed some light on your issue:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3VcGl4Xyo

KirkACola · Sep 24, 2025

Noobz347 said:
Review this video and see if there's anything in the install portion that shed some light on your issue:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3VcGl4Xyo

Appreciate the video, this looks a little different than mine. The video is for an 05 - 09, I have a 14 model.

Noobz347 · Sep 24, 2025

KirkACola said:
Appreciate the video, this looks a little different than mine. The video is for an 05 - 09, I have a 14 model.

I can understand that but the thing that is worthy of note is all of the layers that go [over] a properly installed rubber boot.

I would start with the boot then pack padding, insulation, and deadening material in there until there was no room for more.

Make sure the heat shield under the car was put back in place (if this applies, we don't need the details).

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