I'm with you there. I only have pinstripping on one other car, and I leave it on there because I am too lazy to pull it off. The ZX, along with a lot of other cars from that era, really seems to wear them well, though.
Have you thought about those screw-on aluminum panels that you can get for the side? Those would break up your lines, too. You might want to do some serious rust proofing, first, though.