Why a Cherokee or other unibodied vehicle???? Obviously, you can buy 'em cheap! But, is this the best vehicle for offroad????? If you have ever done any serious offroad rockcrawling type trails, the body will twist and bend while traversing obstacles . . . even in a Wrangler. It would be best to have a real frame under your rig's body. The thing about Cherokees is that the wheel wells are very small; you need to raise the body A LOT, just to clear the 35" tires. I would suggest either buying a new Wrangler Unlimited (to provide the cargo area) or pickup truck. Forget about building a Cherokee and all the headaches! Or, you can wait until this fall and purchase a 4-door Wrangler Unlimited. Just my opinion, but Cherokees or similar Jeeps and other SUV's are not designed for regular offroad use; just in a few short years of trail use, you will realize that you have wasted the money you spent building a SUV for trail use. Most Jeep rear axles can NOT support 35" tires. Just to run 35" tires, you'll need to make serious modifications to the steering assembly, gears, driveshafts, brakes and the already mentioned suspension and rear axle. It's really expensive! Depending on your mechanical skills, you can plan easily on spending ten to thirty thousand building a Jeep properly for 35" tires! My best advice is to recommend strongly buying a Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon and be satisfied with 31" tires, and leave the built-Jeeps to the "gearheads" and well healed four wheelers!