I was thinking of replacing my rear bumper in the near future, was looking at the bumper on the car and noticed that there are some type of screws or something holding the bumper right underneath the back headlights, i looked at the hynes manual and it doesnt say anything about there being screws under the headlights...

so do i have take off the back headlights to get to those screws so i can get the bumper off?

 

...'rear headlights'? The taillights aren't that hard to take out. Remove all other fasteners first, then if necessary remove the 'headlights'.