When I did my rear bar I had the car on stands and used a small jack to force it past the metal stone guard on the plastic fuel tank.
The stone guard was all that was stopping it going in on my Mondeo, not the actual tank itself- I take it the Contour has the same problem?
David
Mondeo ST24 Information Site yr 2000 silver Mondeo ST24 V6 MTX
mods: Custom alloy air intake using K&N RC-3250 air filter; Koni Sports shocks; rear 20mm Selbys sway bar; THF; EBC Greenstuff front pads, custom exhaust.
