Your struts were not fitted correctly.The rubber 'cap' on the tower should be tight on the sheet metal.Common fault, the main nut under the rubber cap is the wrong one when the springs were changed ,it should be a shorter nut than the one you can see,NOT a lock nut ,someone has put the UPPER nut on the spring cap which is too tall to let the rubber cap be compressed.The strut will knock due to the extra clearence you discribe under the cap..I'd get it corrected before you fit the brace...
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