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.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/guruerror/dd36d6bd.jpg

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

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/guruerror/cfa3491a.jpg

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.