Looks like you have two issues:
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Originally Posted by tylerdred
...I’ve been having this “click” noise when I open my driver door
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The click is almost certainly caused by a bad door stay pin. See this image, the pin on the right is the worn out pin that was causing the clicks in my 84 Targa. The pin on the left is a new pin.
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Originally Posted by tylerdred
...I’m having trouble getting the outer reinforcement plate to fit because there seems to be pinched metal on the sides of the hole.
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It looks like the exterior skin of your door jam is pressed in which is preventing you from installing the reinforcement plate.
You'll have to find some way to pry that metal up so that you can fit the reinforcement plate.
Here is the reinforcement plate installed on my car. It took awhile for me to figure out how to get the plate in, because it is much larger than the hole... you need to slide it in at an angle. Let us know if you need help getting it in there after you get the metal pried up so that it will fit.
In addition to installing a new door check strap, a new check strap pin and the rennline door stay reinforcement kit, I installed door check strap pin retaining clips to make sure the pins do not work themselves out:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285925379965