Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

I had been told by someone once before that the TJ was the way to go. I was thinking I better be sure a jeep is what I want before spending what it will take to get a TJ.

From the little I know of jeeps, I feel like I would have to get some lift, and then you get on that slippery-slope of where do you stop with the mods! I was out in a Tacoma with a friend in his stock 2001 TJ, and his clearance was pretty poor. Still, I appreciate your comment on buying what someone else has built, not knowing how to evaluate if it was done correctly.