Was doing a search after finding a lack of room to access the passenger side headlight bulb, and found this blog, which might be of use to anyone who has to change the bulb in future.
Andrew Hay - 1998 Honda Civic Headlight Replacement
wow, that URL made it seem much harder than it really is, and worth noting to anybody who read that article ALWAYS use OEM Honda power steering fluids or you will spring a leak and have to replace/rebuild your steering rack.
Glad it wasn't just me who had problems fitting the bulbs then.
As said already, It'll probably a lot easier to do next time.
I went for the new phillips x-treme as per the sticky above and was more than impressed with them.