One of my taillights on my 04 tl gave out, and im having trouble takeing off the taillight itself because of the bumper, its NOT the turn signal bulb its the LED itself. can someone helpme out with a DIY on removing the rear bumper.

 

There should be a DIY in the 3G Garage.

Search.

 

lets take this in logical steps.

try to take out tail light, but wait! something is in the way.
gosh darn bumper.

you will have either drop the bumper completely or drop it partially.

 

Here is the link to the DIY in the garage

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/diy-video-removing-your-rear-bumper-3g-garage-e-095-a-619706/

 

Here is a working link for the video:

http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click?...p%3Ft%3D619706

Another one with scans from the service manual

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/how-do-i-remove-rear-bumper-569062/