Vbulletin $template_hook [navbar_buttons_left]

[unknowngiver]

hey guys
I am working on a vbulletin forum right now and I added a theme where all the nav bar stuff is in the header.
Now the problem is that when i install a new product, the links are added fine in the default template but not in the theme that i have. the problem is [i think] that

$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

only works if its in the navbar templates..not header
i tried copy pasting the nav bar stuff from the header to the nav template, and the links were added fine, however it didnt look as nice, the style was a bit messed

so my question is...is there any way of showing the navbar_buttons_left hook in the header??
thanks