Lift
After that adventure, which included scraping the bottom along rocks for hours straight, the first thing to do was a lift.
I went with the classic:
LRD 9447s + Bilstein 33-185552 in the rear
OME 2928 + KYB Excel-G struts and strut mounts front + 2x K90474 camber bolts total.
I bought the fancy proper strut spring compressors and other than one 14mm camber bolt head shearing (after the nut was off) and a bunch of drilling things went pretty smoothly.
In the rear I got an extra 2.5" unloaded and and extra 2.7" when loaded with ~150lbs. Not sure what the front ended up as but I'm super happy how it sits (irl the bodyline angle isn't quite as much as seen here).
I also have 1" spacers for the front and rear but I'm not sure if I'll ever install them.
The ride is great... other than the front shock topout. I had read about this briefly on some other pages but not thought about it too much as its rarely mentioned. If I was to do it again I would go with the OME MD or even light duty springs front front and just pair it with a 1" spacer. I find the topout really annoying when bombing down a 4x4 road and don't really understand why more people don't complain about it. I suspect they might just drive slow offroad.
Hopefully the front will sag a bit to give me more travel and I can make a 0.5" spacer for the front to compensate