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April 29, 2008
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
Cooper-Standard Automotive OH, LLC
CSA Services, Inc.
c/o Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
39550 Orchard Hill Place Drive
Novi, Michigan 48375
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to our opinion dated April 15, 2005 addressed to you in connection with your issuance, in the case of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., and guarantee in the case of Cooper-Standard Automotive OH, LLC and CSA Services, Inc., of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.’s (i) $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Senior Notes”); and (ii) $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (together with the Senior Notes, the “Notes”). Foley & Lardner LLP may rely upon such opinion in rendering its opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1, to be filed by Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., you and the other guarantors of the Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to marke t-making transactions with respect to the Notes that may be effected from time to time by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Registration Statement”).
We hereby consent to the filing of our April 15, 2005 opinion letter and of this reliance letter as exhibits to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
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| /s/ Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP |
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