Your strut is not blown. Rubbing is a function of wheel geometry and strut geometry... period. Spring stiffness/length and damping do NOT affect wether or not you will rub UNLESS they prevent the car from fully compressing the strut to the bumpstops under all but the most ridiculous loads. If you want to test your "rubbing geometry" drop the lower spring perch as far as you can to get the strut to 100% compress when you jack it up (or as low as it needs to anyway). If you have can't see/feel anywhere there is contact, you will have no rubbing, and vice versa. I would recommend doing this with your autocross tires on, as they are wider and probably responsible for the rubbing, rather than your Falkens.
If you add a touch of camber and pull off those strips (the metal clips will tear up our tires, trust me on this) nothing bad will happen. The bare metal edge of the fender will get pushed away from the tire, it won't cut the sidewalls, unlike the staple thingies which will shift in the rubber and gouge.
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