Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new lift and tires. What a difference it makes! Leveling spacer to come soon? How about the alignment? Did you get one done?
I just took my lower strut bolts off recently while putting on the leveling spacer. The driver's side was cake but the passenger side offered resistance. I had to jack up, and down on the jeep to change the resistance it was giving me (from how much stress was still on the strut). Eventually though it was able to be knocked out.
Looking at the last pic I was thinking I just want to reach up and pull off that black trim piece below your front bumper or just cut the bumper. That'll make it look awesome.