Mike,
There was an owner in Richmond (Nerve Gas) that did a 4 inch suspension lift and a 3 inch body lift and ran 36" tires. He toasted his CV joints in less than a month and never had 4WD again.
I have a guy that modifies the differential brackets to lower it 2.5" to recover some of the angle. That should help.
I run 15" rims on mine but with a large offset so I don't have any interference issues with the calipers.
You'll have to face the facts: you probably won't be going over 33" tires and almost certainly not over 36".
Use the search function to find the lift & tire wiki thread. It has lotsa pix of different lift & tire combos.