Using reputationlevel variable

[CrypticHC]

I'm trying to display members' reputation levels in their profiles and in the navbar template.

the variable used in the postbit templates is $post[level] but it seems that variable doesn't cross over to any other template.

Anyone have a solution?

[ForumsMods]

For navbar use:
{vb:raw bbuserinfo.level}
And for profile use:
{vb:raw prepared.level}

[CrypticHC]

didn't work, it just shows the code in text form. am I missing some tags?