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                        [ERNST & YOUNG LLP LETTERHEAD]



                                                                EXHIBIT 23.3

                         CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP



We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and
to the use of our report dated February 23, 1996, except for Note O, as to
which the date is March 28, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of MWC Holdings, Inc. incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement  (Form S-4 dated August 25, 1997) and the related 
Prospectus of Hayes Wheels International,  Inc. and subsidiaries for the 
registration of $400,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes.



                                                        ERNST & YOUNG LLP 


Detroit, Michigan
August 25, 1997