You can still do this and not leave uncut zipties all over the place. It only takes an extra second and a pair of sidecutters. Damage should be fixed imho when possible. Competitive drift cars HAVE to maintain a good image. Notice all the D1/FD/USD/etc cars are ridiculously well taken care of and start off each round in near mint condition. Broken aero is fixed, dents are pulled, body panels are replaced and so on. Its in the contracts.
I think mark is trying to show its a bit of a bastardization of it. To make your car look like its just come back from D1GP when it hasnt.