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]

use 220 grit SILICON CARBIDE paper ONLY.

DO NOT USE ALUMINUM OXIDE ABRASIVES ON BRAKE ROTORS, EVER!
when you're done sanding wash them down with brake cleaner very very well. the pattern you sand in doesnt matter, but it wouldnt be a bad idea to sand all 4 rotor faces in the same manner so that all the pads (4 faces per pair of rotor, 2 faces on a rotor) of an axle (4 pads in an axle set) have the same rotor surface to bed into and all have the same bite.

i hate to say i told you so, but you should have just gotten the brembo blanks. hearing that they spray painted the rotors really makes me question the quality of the casting and how long they'll last without warping or cracking.