Interested to hear responses and see what you do here, C. Will be upgrading my suspension from stock X-REAS later this year and similarly want to do it all at once, leaving room for addition of weight later. New springs, shocks/struts, adjustable UCAs, and maybe a diff drop to start.

The dilemma is that it'll likely be another 6 - 12 months before the budget recovers enough to add weight with the Blitz, a winch, a rear swingout bumper and a roof rack. That means that in the interim, the ride'll be stiff and heavy duty springs won't have the weight to load properly. Don't see a way around this, other than doing two suspension upgrades. And that ain't gonna happen.

Good questions and good luck.