I have had and 04 since April of 04 and never realized that the center cover would hit the bulkhead. So after reading this thread I went out and looked, what I discovered was the reason mine console doesn't hit the bulkhead is because I keep a CD case in the map pocket. I can definitely see that if there is nothing in the map pocket the console will hit, the bumper is definitely a good idea. By the way umbrella clips do work well for holding my Crossfire hat too.