This actually isn’t too bad of an idea. My wife and I have talked about a road trip. Absolutely nothing set in stone but could happen. Curious where are you at.
I believe 35’s will indeed fit without mods. The trick is getting the wheels with a much less aggressive offset as opposed to the -10. I have the same offset as you, with SCS wheels. I did KO3’s 285//75/17 and had to do the same as you.
The black Friday deal was pretty good. I wanna say each light was in the ballpark of $975. I paid just under $1400 for both because of the BF deal and free shipping. Not cheap and the alpharex lights look sharp but I feel better with the OEM part.