Im sure you could do it without a BL. However, you did mention that you did not want to excessively trim.

Its a trade off, the more body lift you have the less trimming you have to do, ALTHOUGH even at 3" BL the trimming is substantial.

I would figure a rough estimate is that you would lose ~2" in the front fender through trimming. It gets trimmed to nearly the lower mounting bolt of the fender.

Not saying that you couldnt pull it off. You just need to be aware of the path that those before you travelled, and the sacrifices that come with that choice.

Good luck.