Plugged holes and rusting on tire carrier

[guruerror]

I noticed the other day that the paint on the bottom of my tire carrier was bubbling up...a closer inspection revealed that I had four/five spots were the paint was coming off due to surface rust.



The rusting areas appeared around was seems to be drain holes...however all but one of my drain holes were plugged with these...



I popped all the plugs out, gave the unit a good sanding and hit the whole thing with spray-on bed liner...it's all good now, but I thought I'd throw this out there so others can check their rear. There's nothing worse that a dirty hole on a bum.

[Scarsman]

Hmmmm. I'm gonna have to go look at mine now. I would not like knowing that the rust is still eating away on the inside, but there is not much you can do about that.

[Intercooled]

MIne was rusted real bad underneath as well. I got a barnd new one under warrenty a few years back. They cahnged out the whole thing, includeing the hitch attachment and pin.