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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001187096-05-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050803
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050804

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001012393
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES & NEW PARTS [5013]
		IRS NUMBER:				952920557
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0326

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 E BONITA AVE
		CITY:			POMONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91767
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9096248041

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 EAST BONITA AVE
		CITY:			POMONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91767

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARTMAN CARL F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001187096

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28568
		FILM NUMBER:		05999433

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 E BONITA AVE
		CITY:			POMINA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91767
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9096248047
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    <periodOfReport>2005-08-03</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KEYS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001187096</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARTMAN CARL F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>700 E. BONITA AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>POMONA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91767</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>25.23</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-08-03</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-07-07</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-07-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning July 7, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option grant was approved by a committee of Keystone Automotive Industries. Inc.'s Board of Directors on July 7, 2005, subject to shareholder approval of the 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan under which the option was granted.  Keystone's shareholders approved the plan on August 3, 2005.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Carl F. Hartman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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