New brake pads and rotors, which ones? Options

[6strngs]

Alright, my car has been in need of some new brakes for a while now, I figure it's time I get some in, especially since my uncle who is coming out for christmas said he would help me install them. Anyway, I want to go with a cross-drilled or a drilled and slotted rotor. I saw the drilled/slotted rotors on nopi, but they're pretty expensive. I also saw some on irotors.com that were only $229 for the front and back. (plus an extra $50 for zinc plating on them, but I figure that that is only for rust protection, and since I live in cali, rusting rotors really isn't a problem. so I shouldn't need the zinc plating, right?) so, does anyone know if they are any good?

And I don't know what kind of pads to get. I've heard good and bad about EBC greenstuff pads. And I've heard that Hawk pads were pretty good. I want something that can be used on my daily driver, but are an upgrade from stock that will hold up to aggressive braking, and possibly even autocrossing one day. I don't really know the pros/cons of ceramics vs. regular pads so I don't know which I need.

thanks in advance for any help!

[Bitter]

is the rotor surface (where the pad will be contacting) spray painted too? if so then you need to remove that before the pads go on or else it'll contaminate them.

[6strngs]

is the rotor surface (where the pad will be contacting) spray painted too? if so then you need to remove that before the pads go on or else it'll contaminate them.

yes it is.

so, you think if I get some sand paper and take off the paint that it'll be fine? I'm not too worried about the ones with the rust, cause that will wear off (at least, I think it will) I was just worried about this painted one. the paint comes off easily, so hopefully I should be able to sand it off. what grit do you think I should use?