Any ideas?

I've been thinking about possibly putting new pickups in my Ibanez, which ones would you guys recommend

What kind of music do you play?

You got there the Ibanez RG6003FM, with 5-Way Pick-up Selector and Ibanez Quantum bridge and neck (Humbucker) passive / ceramic Pick-ups. And you wanna change them to more or less what ?

metal/rock

Any duncan or dimarzio set like the ckassic JB and jazz set or a super distortion paired with a paf+ neck a la 80s Hamer... I'm pretty partial to a pearly gates neck with a 59/custom hybrid bridge but it's more rock than metal. Dimarzio has always sounded more metal to me... if you don't need all the output I love theT-top 70s Gibson humbuckers. They sound like acdc and late period zep through any good tube amp, like a jcm800. Pretty low output by modern standards but enough for classic tones and/or than enough if you've got an amp with more gain on tap than a 800.

Or get something customed by a small builder. Support small businesses. I deal with Angeltone in the Pacific northwest.

If you want to be really cool, get a set of firebird humbuckers in full size humbucker cases. I know theres a guy who makes them. Firebird pickups are badass... it's just that firebirds aren't.

active or passive pickups that you can get a great tone out of

For Active Pick ups you have to modify your guitar , you will need a battery compartment 9V or so. Active do sound more cleanish and straight Passive more dynamic and organic Active Pick ups were a time like 90ties metal played a lot like EMGs Pick Ups still some play Actives but these days a lot switching back to passive Pick ups like the ones were mention by jimmarchi1 like Duncan or Dimarzio passive Humbucker Hot Wired. I think you got already there good pick ups for Metal, when you are not getting the metal tone you want, it might be more the Amp or wrong Overdrive. To get a specific Metal Tone look up Bands you like and then watch here what they play like AMP, Pedals ... there is not really good or better, its just all different in Sound. But I would not modify and drill the Guitar you got just for active pick ups, a new guitar with active pick ups is not so much more money , then brand new EMGs do cost already 200-300 Dollars. As far I can see on your equipment you do not got an AMP will be good for Metal Tones , you wanted to buy a new AMP or not ? You got already the DigiTech HardWire TL-2 Metal Distortion , you might want get also an Overdrive for Metal here is also a lot possible like Friedman OD, Revv Overdrive, EVH Overdrive, some use EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3, some do even use a Fuzz for Metal like an earthquaker devices hizumitas or even more like the Earth Quaker Devices Erupter or just the AMP with an Tube Screamer.

The possibilities are endless! But yeah, as mentioned above, for active you need to modify your guitar, it's maybe better to get a separate guitar that already has active. Well I tend to be more biased towards passive pickups anyway, I know for myself if I used active, I'd constantly be worrying about the battery running out haha

There are some pretty good budget options, such as Toneriders, Guitarfetish, etc., if you don't want to spend too much. I put some Tonerider Alnico ii classics into my Cort Les Paul (probably not what you're looking for though, as they are lower output, you would need Alnico v or higher for metal). Anyway, my stock pickups were also Alnico ii like the replacement ones, but could sometimes be muddy, this made a huge difference and didn't cost too much.

Also, something worth trying before buying new pickups: adjusting the height of the pickups you already have. Sometimes that can make a huge difference itself, and it costs nothing. Lower the pickups further away from the strings for a crisp, clear tone, or bring the pickups up closer to the strings if you want more output, and a slightly "compressed" sound. Good luck, and hope it works!

I've never even owned a 6-string with humbuckers, so I have no product advice, but I do have 2 points to add:

1. Are you able to solder-in new pickups yourself, or would you have to pay someone? If you're gonna pay someone, THAT will get expensive. You may want to consider finding a friend with a soldering station or investing in your own soldering setup before you start swapping.

2. Assume that whatever you choose for this guitar, you'll probably decide to swap them again in the future, as it's going to take a while for you to eventually find the pickups that you, personally, love, that get along well with your amp, fx, string choices, and playing style. As such, make sure you buy your pickups at a price that is close to what they go for used, that way, you'll get most (or all) of your money back the next time you decide to swap them.

The odds that the next set of pickups you put in are the ones you want to keep for the next 10 years is low... continually swapping and re-swapping parts is just a part of the guitar ownership experience for a lot of folks.