EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

In connection with the Annual Report of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the annual period ended January 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James A. Yost, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ James A. Yost  

James A. Yost 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 

April 10, 2008

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