benefits of a body lift (and what mod to do next?)

so I've just finished putting my lift in, and am trying to organize my thoughts and this build into some kind of logical order. I'm at that point before doing bumpers/sliders etc. that if I'm going to do a small (i.e. 1") body lift, I should do it now.
As of now, the lift is looking like it will be 3" front and 4" in the rear. The obvious benefit of a body lift is to help clear bigger tires, but remember reading somewhere that there is some added benefit for the t-case? I'm a manual trans, and at some point want to add a crawl box, and understand nothing when it comes to "clocking" the t-case, but read somewhere that a body lift helps with that.
so....what say ye'? is it worth it? and again, I would go no more than 1-1.5". so I don't need to hear about how bad it is to "get your lift from a body lift" I get that....thanks.

dovetailing on that, of the near future mods I would like to do, what order would you prioritize:
armor
electrical/lighting
recovery

I want to add bumpers (front/rear) to mount recovery shackles, winch, rear swing-out tire carrier,
skid plates and sliders
dual battery, HO alternator, LED lights front/rear