T2 wheel - made in ???

I bought a T2 wheel a few days ago. I was a bit surprised to find out that it had a 'Made in China' logo, while the FCS, WCS2 and RCS I bought last year had 'Made in USA'. I didn't think ThrustMaster was a big multinational company with production facilities in the Far East. Yesterday I opened the T2 in order to solder some wires between the gear change lever and 2 buttons that I have put on the wheel itself. Well, I am not that good with a soldering iron, but I guess even I could have done a better job doing the wiring on that lever. The wires do not follow the contacts and are soldered sideways. An extra 1/2 centimeter of wire on one contact would have allowed me to close the box about 15 minutes faster. I finally resoldered the whole the whole gear lever box and closed and refitted the lever in 15 seconds flat. Finally - my question: where are the T2's sold in the US manufactured? I am beginning to think that the understeering problems I am having with GP2 are due to a pirated T2 made in China... Karim

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> I bought a T2 wheel a few days ago. I was a bit surprised to find out > that it had a 'Made in China' logo, while the FCS, WCS2 and RCS I > bought last year had 'Made in USA'. > Finally - my question: where are the T2's sold in the US manufactured? > I am beginning to think that the understeering problems I am having > with GP2 are due to a pirated T2 made in China... > Karim

Mine's 'Made In China'. There is a sticker on the bottom. Somethings loose inside too! I heard it when I turned it over to look for the sticker! Probably a loose nut... I'll have to get it fixed before the next race...I wouldn't want that steering wheel coming off at 200MPH! :o) AKH http://www.angelfire.com/in/Ncr

China....it's cheaper! ref: the loose nut.....probably just as bad as having the throttle-pedal spring go SNAP as I was heading into the Parabolica at Monza......not much of the car left after that little excursion! BruceK