"Newps" wrote in message news:L8AKb.236808$8y1.1070687@attbi_s52...
My firewall has been
replaced twice.

Far better that it has already been replaced. I had a friend who had a 172 on leaseback
to a flying club. Nobody admits to when it happened, but some time, someone bounced
it hard on the nosegear and really bent the firewall. In addition the tail wasn't straight
anymore. Not only was there no damage "history." The owner never found out how
his plane got bent.