VW Scrap Yard & Used VW Spares in Welkom

Welkom was laid out from scratch around traffic circles instead of robots, and locals will tell you it is the only city in the country you can cross without stopping. It also tells you something about the driving: constant, low-speed cornering and roundabout work, which is quietly hard on CV joints, tie rod ends, wheel bearings and front tyres. Add the goldfields commute out to Thabong, Bronville, Riebeeckstad, Virginia and Odendaalsrus and you get a fleet that covers real distance without ever seeing a highway. What we ship here reflects that: front-end steering and suspension parts, driveshafts, clutches, and a steady demand for engines and gearboxes on Citi Golfs, Mk4 and Mk5 Golfs and early Polos, because Welkom keeps cars going long past the point where other towns scrap them. As the mining economy has tightened, that has become the whole argument for used parts — a R4 000 second-hand gearbox keeps a car earning where a R30 000 reconditioned one writes it off. Delivery from Johannesburg is a straightforward 270 km via the N1 and R30, usually next working day. Buyers in Bedelia, Naudeville, Dagbreek and the Doorn industrial area can have parts dropped straight at their fitting workshop.