In reply to Lord_ash2000:
mint ones can fetch
doors: £350
Rear doors about: £330
Bonnets about: £400
I've bought panels off of ebay before from people who have been braking vehicles, mainly really old ones as I'm not super flush with cash.
my neighbour who has a defender has woken up to find all his panels gone, mine is garaged and we've had attempted brake ins.
The unfortunate thing is due to the ease at which you can, as a home mechanic, switch the panels means that the average joe isnt put off by ordering a new one off of ebay after having wrapped it around a tree.
I assumed from what was said that the panels had been left behind, if not then its just a simple theft case. it seems stupid that they cut the battery cables as theyre under the seat box though so the alarms will have sounded for at least 20 seconds or so, if they knew enough that the doors are worth something then they would surely look into disabling the alarm before entering the vehicle....
most peculiar