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                         [KPMG PEAT MARWICK LETTERHEAD]
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.:
 
     We consent to the use of our report dated February 26, 1999, related to the
consolidated balance sheets of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of January 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 1999,
incorporated by reference herein, and to the references to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) dated May 18, 1999.
 
                                          /s/ KPMG LLP
 
Detroit, Michigan
May 18, 1999