a guess would be he did increase overall diamater. also, while larger contact patch would inprove the vehicle's 100-0 distance, it will place a larger amount of heat into the rotor. many stops would effectively lower the braking ability of the car.
I doubt the excellent brakes of MB would be adversly affected though.
John

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