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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
    
 
   
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
    
 
   
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 10, 1997, with respect to the financial
statements of Valley Industries, Inc. included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
of its Registration Statement (Form S-4, No. 333-49011) and related Prospectus
of Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC and AAS Capital Corporation for the
registration of $125,000,000 of their 9 3/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2007.
    
 
   
                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
    
 
   
Detroit, Michigan
    
   
April 22, 1999