I'm going to have to get my brakes done and turn the rotors, so thought I might look at upgrading to slotted / cross drilled rotors and new calipers. What do you recommend in the aftermarket? Brakes that bolt right in without mods and won't break my bank account. I also have the optional traction control on my car.

Calipers will cost you quite a bit, especially if you want to go with high quality brands such as brembo or baer. If i were you, i would just do a simple upgrade to some HawkPads and some new rotors. I did a lot of research before i changed my breaks and rotors, and what i found is that actually the simple plain rotors perform much better than drilled/slotted rotors do. The drilled and slotteds do help to cool better by allowing more air to vent through the rotors, HOWEVER there is much less surface area coming into contact with the brakepads. Also, when they heat up, they do have a tendency to crack where the holes are If you are going to be doing things like autoX, drilled and slotted rotors are good because it will keep them from heating up, but if it's just a DD, you'll get more performance from solid rotors. I got Brembo Blanks and i love them.

Of course, if you are going for an appearance look, drilled and slotted is the way to go!

Just my .02c

He pretty much nailed it...depends what you do with your car and what your preferances are...chances are if you get drilled/slotted youd be changing them sooner rather than if you just got blanks and a set of nice pads....

this isnt a place you want to buy the cheapest thing though...make sure you buy a quality product....

Thanks gentlemen for the recommendations, my car is a daily driver and the solid rotors would make more sense. I'll check it out and thanks again.