ok, just ignore me...
you could try:
HTML Code:
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="$stylevar[left]"> </td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]" style="padding-top: 10px;"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->
<br>
<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
$_phpinclude_output
Find padding-top: 10px; and change 10 to the amount of padding you want (experiment with it)