Door replacement — cost and fitment issues

Tags: #door · #price · #fitment · #part-number

Door replacement cost in Russian shops: a complete door replacement (new door + paint + labor) costs approximately 60,000 RUB in Russian body shops (October 2025). Breakdown (RU market, October 2025): door alone ~40,000 RUB; paint ~6,000 RUB; labor ~15,000 RUB. Repairing the original door instead costs approximately 30,000 RUB (RU market, October 2025), but requires filler/putty and may affect resale value ¹²³.

Chinese reproduction door fitment issues: one owner imported a Chinese-reproduction replacement door for a repair and found it problematic — the door required multiple adjustment attempts (3+ mechanics) but could not be properly aligned. Recommendation from that experience: source an original door from the salvage/used-parts market instead of installing a new Chinese reproduction door ⁴⁵.

Pre-facelift vs. post-facelift rear-door fitment — not interchangeable: pre-facelift (pre-2020) and post-facelift (2020+) rear doors have significantly different shapes and are not interchangeable. Post-facelift doors feature an embossed texture instead of an overlay on the upper section. Tail-light (фонари) housings also differ in shape and height between the two generations, with different connector configurations. Mixing generations results in poor fitment and alignment issues ^67891011. See the trunk latch/lock card for a related report on collision-damage frame deformation blocking the door lock and the cost of a full China-sourced door replacement (~59,000 RUB plus labor; RU market, January 2026).

OEM door panel pricing and availability — extremely rare/expensive (May 2026): original FAW Besturn X80 door panels are extremely rare and expensive on the Russian secondary market. Pre-facelift example: a rear-right door (FAW part 5CA072020) listed on Moscow Avito at a multiple-fold higher price than equivalent Mazda 6 or Mercedes door panels. One buyer monitored listings for ~1 year with only sporadic availability. Both front and rear doors occasionally appear on Moscow Avito from a single seller. Supply is critically constrained; many owners resort to Mazda 6 parts as an alternative despite the fitment complexity noted elsewhere on this card ^{12131415161718}.

Rear/tailgate door part numbers — reference list (various generations): several rear/tailgate door part numbers were shared independently over time; listed together here for reference, since terminology ("rear door" vs. "5th door"/tailgate) sometimes overlaps in the source chat: - 5CA162020M1 — reported both as a general "trunk/tailgate door" part number and, in a separate post from the same source, explicitly labeled the rear door (restyle) part. These may be the same part described two different ways, or reflect inconsistent labeling in the retailer listing — verify against your specific generation before ordering ¹⁹²⁰²¹. - 5CA162020M2 — rear door (pre-restyle/dorest) ²²²³. - 5CA073020M3 — rear-left door (pre-restyle/dorest); priced at 52,650 RUB (RU market, August 2024) via KitZapchasti ²⁴. This is a separate part-number family from the rear-right door panel (5CA072020) noted above, and from the trunk-latch mechanism part numbers covered on the trunk latch/lock card.

Body part fitment and quality when ordering replacements — a general buying lesson: consistent with the Chinese-reproduction door problems above, when ordering any replacement body part (not just doors — e.g. fenders too), cheap Chinese "original"-labeled parts often have poor fit, are warped or misaligned, and don't match OEM dimensions. New genuine parts from verified suppliers fit better and require less adjustment. One owner (Igor) ordered body parts from a verified supplier ("Vasily") with proper fitment, while an earlier attempt with cheap Chinese knockoffs did not align into the panel gaps correctly. Recommendation: source from verified suppliers even if more expensive ²⁵²⁶.

Media

Photo of a rear door panel (appears to be from a parts/donor vehicle)

Photo of properly-fitted body parts from a verified supplier after installation

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Sources

This page is compiled from 26 community messages. Every fact carries a numbered reference to its original author and message.

Last updated: 2026-10-29