Oh right, I forgot about that hideous sprout thing...
Indeed, the Gold Saucer version of the gear cant be dyed and cant be used to get the titles either!
Reaching level 60 doesnt take toooo long and since the option to get the title will most likely go away eventually, its worth looking into that in time, I reckonMain reason I mentioned it - if they wanna collect mounts, those are some they can miss out on if they dont get a title in time.