Tail light issues

i was replacing my head lamps to LED when i was pushing the light into the socket the tiny metal contact was bent on the light and had touched both the positive and the ground on the socket. now i have no tail lights. checked fuses all is good there. what is the next step in troubleshooting? thx in advance

 

Welcome to the Forum!!

It would be a big help to know just what you are working on.

you checked both fuse boxes ??

Some place you have an open circuit

 

2017 tacoma sr5. i checked all fuses. ive checked out the relays that are connected to the head lamps. all checked out and i am stumped

 

Although you checked fuses, I'd replace the 7.5A tailight fuse with a known good one. It powers the parking and marker lights in the headlights (but not the actual headlight bulb), the marker/side lights in the tailights, and the license plate lamps. If none of those work, that fuse could be the issue.

Now, if nothing works--headlights, tailights, etc. that's a bigger issue.