Edit: Since I was rambling, here is the point: I don't think you need to cut off the screw tips for everyone. It won't be necessary for everyone and for those who do want to do that it only takes a few minutes (even with a hacksaw like I used.)
For me, I was mostly afraid that if I tried to drill the pilot hole into the upper/leather half I would go through so this took my concerns away. I am not sure there is any padding on mine, just a plastic tray with the leather wrapped over the top and stapled to it, so by cutting off the tips I didn't have to worry about that at all. If you have enough (any) padding then going through both halves of the lid and stopping before the leather is workable and it should be OK to keep them long. The more comments I see the more it keeps sounding like there are just too many variations of these consoles to design one thing that works for them all. Plus there are so many different mounting locations that the installer just needs to take the time to make sure it works with where they are installing them.
For me, I was mostly afraid that if I tried to drill the pilot hole into the upper/leather half I would go through so this took my concerns away. I am not sure there is any padding on mine, just a plastic tray with the leather wrapped over the top and stapled to it, so by cutting off the tips I didn't have to worry about that at all. If you have enough (any) padding then going through both halves of the lid and stopping before the leather is workable and it should be OK to keep them long. The more comments I see the more it keeps sounding like there are just too many variations of these consoles to design one thing that works for them all. Plus there are so many different mounting locations that the installer just needs to take the time to make sure it works with where they are installing them.
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