Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Announces Completion of Exchange Offer For 10 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2010

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Announces Completion of Exchange Offer For 10
1/2% Senior Notes Due 2010 


NORTHVILLE, Mich., Dec. 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hayes Lemmerz
International, Inc.  announced today the completion of the offer by its
subsidiary, HLI Operating Company, Inc., to exchange up to $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010 for
a like principal amount of its 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2010.  The exchange
offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 28, 2003. The newly
issued notes will have substantially identical terms to the previously
outstanding notes, except that the issuance of the new notes has been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The exchange offer was made to
satisfy HLI Operating Company, Inc.'s obligations under a registration rights
agreement that was entered into with the initial purchasers of the outstanding
notes when such notes were originally issued.

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As of the expiration of the exchange offer, all of the $250,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of outstanding notes had been tendered for exchange, based on
preliminary results.  All outstanding notes that were properly tendered in the
exchange offer will be accepted for exchange.

HLI Operating Company, Inc. has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and a
prospectus relating to the exchange offer with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and has filed other documents with the SEC which contain important
information, all of which the noteholders are urged to read.  These and other
documents relating to the exchange offer may be obtained for free at the SEC's
website, http://www.sec.gov/ , or from Hayes by directing such request in
writing to Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., 15300 Centennial Drive,
Northville, Michigan 48167, Attention: General Counsel.  This communication is
neither an offer to exchange nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange any
securities.  Any offer by HLI Operating Company, Inc. to exchange the notes has
been made only by means of the exchange offer prospectus.

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. is a leading global supplier of automotive and
commercial highway wheels, brakes, powertrain, suspension, structural and other
lightweight components.  The Company has 43 plants, 2 joint venture facilities
and approximately 11,000 employees worldwide. 

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CONTACT:  Marika P. Diamond of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.,

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Web site:  http://www.hayes-lemmerz.com/ 

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