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Ivan Garcia, owner of Colorado Customs, has advised us on how to mount a monitor to visors. Garcia has been an installer for more than nine years. Colorado Customs offers full car customization, audio and video, full body work, wheels, car upholstery, performance products, hydraulics, and air bags.
We are using a Cadillac Escalade as the platform for this discription.
The tools you will need for this installation are:

1/4-inch Dye Grinder
Marker, Pencil, or Sharpe
Razor Knife
Spray Glue
Phillips Screwdriver
Straight Edge Screwdriver
Screw Gun

Material used to finish the visor and make it look stock is your choice. Garcia suggested:

Vinyl
Suede
Ostrich
Leather
Headliner

Begin the process by removing the visor from the car. Next, remove the mirror from the visor. According to Garcia, there are two screws in each corner of the mirror. Just remove the screws and the mirror will pop out.
Place the monitor or TV screen on the visor in the location where you want it to be mounted. Take the marker and trace the outline of the monitor on to the visor.
Take the 1/4-inch grinder and cut out a hole following the lines that trace out the dimensions of the monitor. Trim to size of monitor.
Test fit the monitor in the hole. If the hole is too small, trim it so that the monitor fits. If the hole is too large, fill in the gaps using Duraglass or bondo. Sand it down and wrap with your chosen material.
Notch a small hole in the headliner near the location of the visor and re-mount the visor. Connect the cable to the A/V input of the monitor. The factory mount for the visor has a hole or slot large enough through which you can pull the cable that connects the monitor to the monitor’s brain or to the video source. Route the cable through that hole and under the headliner. The brain of the monitor or the video source should be around the dash area so route the cable under the headliner and down to the back of the dash and on to the brain or video source. Plug into the A/V output.
(Note: Screens which include a separate brain are manufactured by Pioneer, Alpine, Eclipse. Many monitors are also available which has the brain built in.)
If the visor appears too thin to hold the monitor, you can reinforce it. Put 1/2-inch foaming pad on the front of the visor and fiberglass the back of the visor to make it sturdy and a little bit wider. Place the monitor on the foaming pad side of the reinforced visor where you want it to be mounted. Trace the outline of the monitor on to the visor. Cut out the area inside the traced dimensions of the monitor and then flush mount the monitor into the hole to assure that it fits. Remove the monitor and trim the edges of the hole and sand the assembly. Wrap with your choice of material and insert the monitor into the opening. Mount the visor in place.
Another method for a visor mount is used by Eson Khalik, currently a salesman and installer with KTC Audio and Custom Wheels in Aurora, Colorado. Khalik has been associated with car audio for 12 years and has been an installer for seven years. To employ his method you will need:

Razor
Saw
Drill
Screws
Wood or Plexiglass
Spray Glue
Plastic Weld or Apoxy

As with Garcia, Khalik noted that you can use any type of material you wish to wrap the visor including cloth, vinyl, or leather.
To start the process, said Khalik, remove the visor from its mount. He noted that the visor is held into place with screws and a clamp.
Once the visor has been removed, take out the mirror that is in the visor.
Put the TV monitor on the visor where you want it to appear in the finished mount and trace out its dimensions on to the visor.
Using the saw, cut out a hole within the dimension you have traced out.
Fish the wire (power and ground) and A/V cable into the visor through a corner edge.
Place the monitor in the hole to see how it fits. Sand and trim accordingly.
Using plastic weld or apoxy, put an 1/8-inch piece of plexiglass or wood on the back side of the visor on each side of the hole to give the visor more strength and rigidity.
Mount the monitor a long with the kit that comes with it on to the visor. Wrap the kit with your choice of material and then wrap the entire visor with the same material.
Route the wires and cable from the visor under the headliner and down to the underside of the dash where the video source unit or monitor brain should be located. Connect the power and ground wires and plug the cable into the A/V output of the brain or video source unit (DVD player, etc.).