They are some good points made above I just want to clear up the cherokee/grand/limited question.

A Jeep Cherokee and a Jeep Grand Cherokee are not the same vehicle. The Cherokee stopped production in 02 or 03, to be replaced by the Liberty. The two vehicles share plenty of parts including motors, axles, and transmissions. There are many different trim levels on the full line of Jeeps(Cherokee, Wranglers, Liberty, Grand Cherokee) Lorado, Limited, Classic, Sport and they mean different things. Do a little digging on the internet and you can find a breakdown of the different trim levels, but for the most part there are little differences.

IÆm no expert or gearhead, but I hate to see your plans crushed so quickly by the previous posts, that's a wife's job to crush your hopes and dreams. Your plans of running Rubicon are lofty, but if you put a lot of thought and research into it you can build a Cherokee or any SUV or truck to do whatever you want. Take your time, research, obviously youÆve found this site, read old posts, and the tech pages.

Good luck