American Aimers Information

In the late 1940s E.L. Hopkins (Hoppy) and his brother Gene began designing and manufacturing tools for the body shop trade. The first tool was a pneumatic pick hammer for removing dents in automobile panels. automotive forward lighting by designing a method and a tool to mechanically align headlamps properly. To provide a method to use these tools, three aiming pads or nibs were located on the surface of the headlamp lens. These pads were recommended by SAE and mandated by the Federal government for Hoppy aimers. At the time there were several variations of headlamps, large, small, round and square. However in the early 1980s, optical headlamp engineers began promoting the removal of those ugly aim pads. During this time Federal Regulations Federal photometric beam pattern requirements. Federal law was again modified to allow headlamp manufactures to design headlamps without aim pads as long as there was a fiduciary method to aim the lamp. generations later is still in use today. and the VA25 evolved. These units became the new standard of the industry in the aftermarket. On May 15, 2008 American Aimers, Inc. purchased the assets of Wall Industries, LLC. aiming and automotive products in the automotive aftermarket.