Answer? You schmucks don't deserve it, since no one touched the question. Posted as an engine bug, I got an answer. jcl was da man today. Rasberries to the rest of you. Are any of you actually working on something?
The answer is: <drumroll.wav>
The WMBs were built with a different fat hull size than my level. this is a no-no. It seems they only recognize the hull size they're prefabbed with. Use another size for your level, and it ignores that in favor of the prefab hull def.
Speaking of untouched questions, my wheel code is awesome, and no one helped, so no one gets any.
Maybe I'll e-mail it to Keith. I owe him, Chris Robertson and Realspawn. Righteous dudes!