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                       HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
      OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING 8 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
       IN EXCHANGE FOR 8 1/4% SERIES B SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008

To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks
    Trust Companies and Other Nominees:


     Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. (the "Company") is offering, upon and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated June 11,
1999 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 8 1/4% Series B Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008, which have been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, for its outstanding 8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008 (the "Old Notes"). The Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy
certain obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated December 14, 1998, by and among the Company, certain
subsidiaries of the Company and the Initial Purchasers referred to therein.


     We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Old Notes
regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your
clients for whom you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of
your nominee, or who hold Old Notes registered in their own names, we are
enclosing the following documents:

     1. Prospectus dated June 11, 1999;

     2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your
clients;

     3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange Offer
if certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available or time will not
permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to the
Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the procedure for book-entry transfer
cannot be completed on a timely basis;


     4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you
hold Old Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space
provided for obtaining such clients' instructions with regard to the Exchange
Offer;



     5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9; and



     6. Return envelopes addressed to The Bank of New York, the Exchange Agent
for the Exchange Offer.


     YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JULY 16, 1999, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (THE
"EXPIRATION DATE"). OLD NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE
WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.

     To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required
signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the
Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Old Notes should be delivered
to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the
Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.


     If holders of Old Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to
forward their certificates for Old Notes prior to the expiration of the Exchange
Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures described in the
Prospectus on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedures described in the section of the Prospectus
entitled "The Exchange Offer -- Guaranteed delivery procedures."


     The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses
incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Old Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The
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Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes applicable to the
exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as set forth in
Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.

     Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests
for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to The Bank
of New York, the Exchange Agent for the Old Notes, at its address and telephone
number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.

     NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF
THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN
THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

Enclosures

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