Independent Auditors' Consent



The Board of Directors
TriMas Corporation:

The audit referred to in our report dated March 16, 2004 included the related
financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2003 and for the year then
ended, included in the registration statement. This financial statement schedule
is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audit. In
our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information set forth therein.

We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" and "Selected Financial Data" in the
prospectus.



Detroit, Michigan
March 23, 2004