fwiw if you search ebay for "empi h4" you will get a short list of things
available in ebay stores. the one offered by ispwest vw parts has great
photos of this item.

"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
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>i think the h6024 will be around for a long time. lots of cars use them.
>20+ years of jeeps for instance. many volkswagons, and so on. they may not
>be readily available in retail stores forever but most certainly by mail
>order. then again the hella or like retrofit lens/bulb combination and the
>like are always and option. like xs11e i am frugal and didn't want to pay
>for hella but didn't want the cheap plastic junk sold on ebay either. i
>found a set of glass lens that were discussed in a volkswagon group. they
>are made by empi, model 9311, and are h4 conversion kit lamps similar to
>the hella. they are probably not as good as hella but they are a vast
>improvement over the sealed beams that came with the car. these lens are
>completely flat on the front and so look a bit more modern than the
>original sealed beams. they do have a visible horizontal cut off like
>hella suggesting that there really is some engineering in the cutting of
>the lens. they only cost me $25 for the pair including the bulbs. i see
>them currently on email for about $40 and they are probably available
>elsewhere. i recommend them to anyone that doesn't want to pay double
>(triple?) for the hellas. however the hella are probably dot approved and
>i can't recall if these are or not.
>
> "Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article > ,
>> XS11E > wrote:
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>>> I wonder if the H6024 going to become a scarce item? Apparently nobody
>>> uses the old 7" round dual beam headlight any more...
>>
>> I think I still have a couple somewhere in the basement, removed when I
>> installed Hella E-codes about 10 years ago. I can't recommend
>> enthusiastically enough that you do the same.
>>
>> --
>> Lanny Chambers
>> St. Louis, MO
>> '94C
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