MetalMiller Spare Rack

I recently got a MetalMiller spare tire rack to mount on the front bed rail of my 2008.
Very well built, perfect fit for my 265/70/17 tire, nice powder-coating, more than fair price.
Before going down to be a chase truck for the San Felipe Baja 250, I drove around for a couple weeks. No rattle or squeeks, didn't shake loose - all good.
After the race, I noticed that the rail on the front of the bed, where I had attached the spare rack, was pulling loose. Apparently, the rail is attached to the bed by a number of machine screws threading into some bushings in the plastic bed front - these had vibrated loose, and stripped the threads. I put in new fasteners and drilled/thru-bolted two more machine screws in the area of the rack.
Should be fine. Just passing this along to folk who might be more than mall crawlers, to put in a couple of reinforcements before doing much off road running.