1.		Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 1996 Stock Option Plan.
2.		Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on December 11, 2000.

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      The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock 0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-39427), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

      The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached Exhibit Index.

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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 13th day of December, 2000.

HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.

	By:/s/ William D. Shovers
	William D. Shovers      Vice President—Finance

      Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Patrick B. Carey and Patrick C. Cauley, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution, to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the premises.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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