I never understood why everyone says you need to dremel the bulb a little bit. I got mine to fit with no problem. Just a little playin around with the bulb when installing it and it went in just fine without ever doing anything to the bulb.
Tony
1998 SVT Contour (B/MB) #542 3L
1998 SVT Contour (SF/MB) #1266 parts car
2000 SVT Contour (SF/MB) #1533 3L swap to begin!