Hi Mad Dog,
Yes they are interchangable, and I know what you mean I have Silver spots on my Red & Black Gen 2, right out of place with the Gold forks, just bought some Gold spots to replace them. The 2012 models are fitted with the Gold spots,
I think they must of made to many as they were originally fitted to the Warrior,
You can actually by a tool from a guy on ebay that removes the centres only, you could than get them re-anodised any colour you want.
Keith