Bxstr

TLDR: Yes, they have a silver lip. While I cannot with 100% certainty say whether they'd be two shades of black, I can say with 99% certainty that it wouldn't be. I'd expect silver barrel, black face in the exterior color and silver lip.

Regarding your first question, I was able to pull some VIN data and find some cars with the XD9 option.

One thing that I want to note is the VIN data can be strange, for instance, all Spyders would have come standard, I think, with the 445 wheel option. Whether or not it is on your build sheet shouldn't matter. If someone would have selected a wheel option other than the Spyder wheel, then that would definitely be listed. This is also true for buckets, all Spyders came standard with buckets, so you actually need to search for cars that have Sport Seats instead. But for some reason Porsche called out buckets on some build sheets and not on others.

The following are cars with both XD9 and 445:

This one is strange because it has XD9 but you'd think the wheels should be white in that case, so not sure if this is the best example.
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https://rennlist.com/forums/vehicle-...l-6-speed.html

This one seems more realistic and does show the silver painted lip.
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http://www.ecarlist.com/cgi-bin/show...4586&d_id=2370

If we look at cars that have only XD9, which should be valid due to the reasons I mentioned above, we get the following:

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https://www.ambassadorautomobileco.c...pyder-c-41.htm
WP0CB2A89CS745197
http://usedfromus.com/porsche-ads/26...r-awesome.html

WP0CB2A80CS745167
http://www.2040-cars.com/maserati/sp...es-l-k--89350/

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https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/2...oxster-spyder/

WP0CB2A83BS745646
https://www.classic.com/veh/2011-por...45646-pPKkjjW/

Not Spyder wheels, but shows how even other styles are done:
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https://www.gulfcoastmotorworks.com/...1c49b22f4c0e46

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https://www.gulfcoastmotorworks.com/...0adeb8952b7ac5

Also, just so you can see how it is done on other models such as the 997.1 GT3, this is XD9 but on a white car, you can see the silver lip, white face and silver barrels:
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https://www.meritpartners.com/featur...che-gt3-997-1/

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@Bxstr Thank you very much for your research and answer! The black Spyder we just purchased has both options listed on the build sheet, however, a PO changed the wheels to all silver. I'm not sure if they had the originals painted or switched them out for silver ones. I'm wanting to put the car back to spec. Does anyone have recommendations on where to send them to be returned to the original black with silver rim spec?

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