Magnus Walker Wheels, they look pretty cool Options

[Mike Bellis]

This is the new Magnus Walker wheel launched yesterday. They are Fuchs style built by Fifteen52. Their website does not have pricing for these but other wheels from the company start at $999 each. I don't think I will be buying these any time soon but the look cool.

[Larmo63]

I like the wheels, but I'm not real keen on the gold.

Also, I agree with Mark, this guy came here and worked hard, now he is enjoying the fruits of his labor.

[pisces914]

sorry for my ambivalence, as i don't want to have an anti magnus pile on, and i want to have a respectful discussion - but everyone is entitled to their own opinion - what rubbed me the wrong way was that magnus started his online presence with his initial thread on pelican and he looked to be a real authentic enthusiast, one of the guys - when he started his marketing campaign with the videos and products, i kinda felt duped, as if he was just laying the groundwork for what strikes me as a very contrived business plan - yes he works hard, and from my limited experience, and from those who i know, who know him better, he is a very nice guy - he is clearly successful - but for those who believe that "his" mods are his original creations, i simply disagree - just show up at any r gruppe gathering, and you'll see guys who were doing these mods for decades prior, and who never tried to gain and fortune from their hobby - also, this is only anecdotal, but it seems like the die hard magnus supporters are always socal guys - every part of the country has its own culture (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) , and magnus seems to rub the socal guys the right way . . .

[scotty b]

sorry for my ambivalence, as i don't want to have an anti magnus pile on, and i want to have a respectful discussion - but everyone is entitled to their own opinion - what rubbed me the wrong way was that magnus started his online presence with his initial thread on pelican and he looked to be a real authentic enthusiast, one of the guys - when he started his marketing campaign with the videos and products, i kinda felt duped, as if he was just laying the groundwork for what strikes me as a very contrived business plan - yes he works hard, and from my limited experience, and from those who i know, who know him better, he is a very nice guy - he is clearly successful - but for those who believe that "his" mods are his original creations, i simply disagree - just show up at any r gruppe gathering, and you'll see guys who were doing these mods for decades prior, and who never tried to gain and fortune from their hobby - also, this is only anecdotal, but it seems like the die hard magnus supporters are always socal guys - every part of the country has its own culture (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) , and magnus seems to rub the socal guys the right way . . .

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) This is many peoples issue. He has pretty much been run off the S registry for the constant self promotion, and ZERO activity within the community ( outside of HIS thread ) To clear the air, the guy made his living in clothing design not Porsches. They are/were a side thing. His auto design hobby turned on a couple people in the P world and he ran with it. I'll take Jack Olsens 911 over one of Maggies any day of the week (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[pisces914]

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) This is many peoples issue. He has pretty much been run off the S registry for the constant self promotion, and ZERO activity within the community ( outside of HIS thread ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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i belong to a bunch of online communities, but i usually run out of time to follow everything, and i rarely post - i didn't know about what happened on the s registry, but it doesn't surprise me - i'm an r gruppe member, and so was magnus, until he he bailed - this is pure speculation on my part, but i felt that he didn't want to stay in r gruppe because he couldn't take credit for "his" mods there - in fact, i believe he picked up most of his inspiration for "his" mods from r gruppe and from the emorys - he does know how to expertly play the media, with his trademark poses for different shots - if you look, you'll see he has a pose when seated, a pose when standing, and if it's not a seating or standing shot, he makes sure to do the ronnie james dio hand sign (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

i kinda like the wheels, in different finished for the application, although another poster was dead on with the dating game reference - unfortunately, if you run those wheels, you just look like a magnus walker clone (the all black does this the least)

i hate to repeat myself from other threads, but i wonder how many guys who gained fame and fortune from these early porsches would still be in the game if there was no money in it, like fifteen years ago? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon14.gif)