Off Road Lift Plan critique

Rookie wheeler here with a year doing Uwharrie (no Ds) in my 2022 Taco Off Road. I have sliders and went up to 265/75R16 E rated KO2s. I also have steel front and transmission skid plates. The last thing I did was have an exhaust re-route to tuck up the exhaust that was hanging down kind of low. The truck will not have a lot of added weight except for sliders and skid plates (possibly one or two more skid plates )I have done a ton of research but would like to bounce my plan off of some folks with a lot more trail experience. I basically have two objectives:

1.) To be able to take on some of the more rated difficult trails like the Ds in Uaharrie or Hurricane Creek - trails like that but in no way be a hard core rock crawler.
2.) Keep it affordable on a limited budget and maybe improve things over time

My next steps are:
1.) upgrade the suspension with Bilstein 5100 front and back plus an Icon AAL for a 2“ lift in front 1.5“ in the rear.
2.) new tires when the current ones need replacing on DX4 Terrain 16x8 wheels with a +10 offset with 285/75R16 E rated 32.8“ KO2s - this should keep the back spacing to the UCA pretty close to where it is now and with the offset mitagate the rubbing somewhat.
3.) bumpstops front and rear

Questions:
1.) would 33s require a CMC and maybe a viper cut or if I did get a CMC and a viper cut could I possibly go to 34s without needing UCAs and re-gearing?
2.) watching the Tinker on YouTube makes the case with stiffer springs, a front sway bar delete to helps with more down travel - would like to know if this is common or a bad idea?
3.) what would be a reasonable cost to have a shop do the the above installation?

Wish List:
1.) High Clearance Cat-back exhaust (R4T)
2.) Armor - front transfer case, Rear Diff and gas tank
3.) SPC UCA
4.) 35s
5.) re-gear to 4.88