A close-up look at some Deeza chassis parts -PICS-

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I was recently shopping for some tie rod ends for my brother’s 1995 Ford Escort. This car is obviously older, has high miles and isn’t in the greatest shape, so it was hard to justify spending a lot on the parts. But, I also wanted something with good quality and was safe. After doing some research and comparing prices I settled on Deeza components.

I purchased one inner and one outer tie rod for his car, which came to $37 shipped from Rock Auto. The only things in that price range locally were Chinese or Taiwanese store-brand parts. RA seemed to have a very good price on these parts. These same Deeza parts were considerably more expensive on Amazon and ebay.

For those who don’t know, Deeza is a Turkish company. They have a couple plants in Turkey where they make most of their parts.
http://www.deezachassis.com/manufacture.html
http://www.deezachassis.com/newPlant.html

A seemingly credible person claiming to be a Deeza rep also made a very interesting post on a Lexus forum when someone made a comment bashing Deeza. The rep said they don’t have any parts that are made in China, and 95% of their parts are made in-house. He claims the parts that aren’t made in-house are sourced from European suppliers in Italy, Belgium and the UK.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls400/49...e-in-korea.html
Quote:
- All Deeza products are manufactured in ISO9001 or TS16949 quality certified high technology facilities in Turkey, Italy, Belgium and U.K. We do not put products Made in China, Taiwan or any other Far-Eastern country in our boxes.

- Deeza has 2 years/40,000 miles limited warranty on all parts. If something happens to the part you purchased/installed during this time period, it is replaced for no additional cost or your money is refunded, without any questions asked. http://www.deezachassis.com/warranty.asp

- Deeza products are fairly cheaper than other premium brands because Deeza is the direct manufacturer and manufactures over 95% of its products in its own production plants.

- Deeza is not a re-packager who tries to find the cheapest products through its supplier base. Likewise, Deeza does not source products by country of origin to find the cheapest option.

Read more: http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls400/49...l#ixzz2MM5qHFjU


I’m a country of origin nerd, and the fact that they don’t use Chinese parts is a plus to me.

Here are my initial impressions just looking at the parts. They appear good quality, but I won’t try to pass any judgement on their performance, as I obviously haven’t installed them yet.

The parts

The parts came in standard packaging and were clearly marked as made in Turkey. Both parts are pre-greased.
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The outer tie rod is greasable and has a metal retaining ring that holds the boot in place.
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The inner tie rod had a nice feature. It came with a plastic tube over the threads to protect them during shipping. I think I’ve only bought inner tie rods once before, and if memory serves they didn’t have a cover like this, but perhaps other brands do.
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Thanks. Good to have info like this available.

I installed some Honda steering parts last week and noticed the differences between the OEM and aftermarket parts. Shoulda taken pics!
 
Looks like a quality part comparable to moog chassis parts, only thing that might turn away some people is the limited warranty but if its cheap enough with what appears to be high standards....i wouldnt hesistate to use them.
 
I installed a deeza ball joint on my Hyundai XG350 2 yrs ago from RA, seemed like very good quality part for the money.I would use this brand again.
 
I installed some Deeza sway bar end links onto my wifey's camry a few weekends ago, and based on my experiences in the past with various different aftermarket brands (including, but not limited to moog, or raybestos, etc.) that Deeza got my vote of confidence in terms of visual quality, everything seems very well thought out and well executed.

As much as you china bashers like to go after them: I'm all for quality at a respectable price. In this case, Deeza gets my vote so far. I'll report back about my impression and quality in a few years time as my wifey's camry reaps up the mileage on these sway bar end links..

Turkey or Taiwanese, so long as they execute them correctly with strict quality control.

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Thanks! have some suspension parts to order will get deeza and use rockauto if I can cross reference the parts correctly.
 
Deeza makes good parts , they arent the best in the world but for the money they are very good. Deeza parts are comparable to MOOG in terms of quality and usually blow away parts stores house brands.
 
I heard Moog quality was lost when they outsourced to China. Why Deeza is is considered better now. Is that true?
 
I also like it that Deeza sometimes give you the option for grease fittings where other do not.

If the Moog is too expensive or it's for a beater, Deeza quality is just fine.
 
Thanks for the post! Need to get some replacements for the Festiva currently sounds like a good deal. With the Aspire swap it'll actually use the same outer's as you got for the Escort.
 
Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
I heard Moog quality was lost when they outsourced to China. Why Deeza is is considered better now. Is that true?


Moog has gone down the flusher. I wont use them anymore.
I would (and do) use the Deeza or Raybestos pro before the Moog any day.
 
I installed the tie rod ends over the weekend.

Here are the Deeza parts compared to the parts that came off the car. I suspect the tie rods that came off were the originals, but that’s just a guess. You’ll see the overall forging is similarly sized on the Deeza and the old tie rods.
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Especially take note of the similarity in the forging sizes on the outers. You’ll see why next.
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A mechanic had told my brother than one inner and one outer were loose. He was correct, but the other outer wasn’t in great shape and seemed like it was just starting to develop a little play. I decided to pick up another outer so I could replace both outers while the car was apart.

Before I traveled to my brother’s town to do this work I looked at the local options for store brand outer tie rods. The Advance Auto one looked very cheap and was made in China. The Carquest tie rod was made in China and looked OK. The NAPA tie rod was made in Taiwan and looked pretty decent for the price. All three were in the $12 - $14 price range.

Because the NAPA rod looked the best, I decided to go to NAPA in my brother’s town to get another outer tie rod. This NAPA had a slightly different tie rod end that was made in China, not Taiwan like the other I had looked at. But, this one still looked significantly better than the Chinese tie rod end from Advance. I paid $14.

You’ll see this NAPA tie rod is significantly less beefy than the Deeza or the old tie rod.
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Great info!!! I'll be replacing my El Camino's ball joints sometime soon(?). Deeza is now on my radar! FWIW, the Turks have generally been pretty friendly to the USA and are not scheming to wreck the dollar like our Chinese fiends.
 
This is good info, I'd rather support the Turks, which have been a good ally to the US, as opposed to the Chinese. Come to think of it, I'd rather support them vs a US company that manufactures in China.
 
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I'm not sure where I heard this, but I had the impression that Deeza was a German company, or subsidiary of one, and moved production to Turkey because German parts are extremely expensive to make in Germany and they didn't want to do the usual Chinese rename on parts. And, Germany has had connections from pre WWI to the present in many areas, as well as many "guest workers" in the German auto and parts industry, who might wish to go back to Turkey if an appropriate job was available.Thoughts?
 
Originally Posted By: bmwjohn
I'm not sure where I heard this, but I had the impression that Deeza was a German company, or subsidiary of one, and moved production to Turkey because German parts are extremely expensive to make in Germany and they didn't want to do the usual Chinese rename on parts. And, Germany has had connections from pre WWI to the present in many areas, as well as many "guest workers" in the German auto and parts industry, who might wish to go back to Turkey if an appropriate job was available.Thoughts?


I don't think manufacturing in Germany is all that expensive.

I bought this part, through a BMW dealer for around the same price as the Mexican Ford equivalent, which, IIRC, was around $45.00?

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