body side height thoughts?

I'm getting ready to finish the top of the body at the bed. Stock height would be 3 inches above the rear fender. I have the ability to change that slightly. Anyone have any reasons or ideas to go higher or lower?

I think it might look a little odd with a stock tailgate. Are you planning to adjust it too?

I dont know that I would make the sides taller but here are a few thoughts.  

I went stock height but I call Bubba modified. ..redneck engineering.   I'll be honest  I'm a trained well paid professional  engineer who has deigned and worked on all sorts of very technically complicated machines. Over the years I've seen a lot of good ideas and bad but I've absolutely come to have total respect for that crazy old farmer or back woods shade tree mechanic. More often than not I look at something they did and I'm completely impressed by how simple ideas just make things work better. I think I read somewhere  that the original definition of redneck was someone who's neck is sunburnt from working hard outside all day. In mechanics maybe  it's the greasy hands and stained shirt. Whatever we call it I have complete respect for creative ideas and people.

I can't say for sure, but this appears to be set up as a Hunting/Touring Willys.  The interior finish has bench seating all the way around the cargo area.   You can probably comfortably fit 4 riders in the back.

the only thing I can add is that if you want a hard or soft top in the future, it won't fit without modification...

My jeep has a 24 inch stretch, so I'm fabricating one of each.

If you want the best of both worlds, you could make the side extensions removable.