For a beater, or daily driver that isn't a $50000 car, its pretty easy to look good. Pulling the wheels off the car is a given... if only to get consistent color on the rims and take some hassle out ov the job. Pulling tires off the rim is the BEST way, as even the best masking job wont look quite as good. I've never bothered to blast or prep the rims though... just get 'em free ov tires, clean and bomb 'em. Looks damn good, unless your wheels are beat or have 5 different paint jobs on them already, in which case it really will be better to blast 'em first.

This cost $5. Goes nice with the $60 paint job.