Predator Tires aims to give off-road enthusiasts aggressive sizes, distinguished styling, and uncompromising performance. The Predator New Mutant X-RT is a rugged terrain tire that's designed for use on Jeeps, light trucks, and SUVs and features a dual sidewall design that allows drivers to choose the look the matches their ride. Widely spaced grooves promote self-cleaning for consistent traction and to protect the casing from damage, and the New Mutant X-RT's staggered shoulder lugs enhance grip in deep sand and loose mud for solid off-road performance. But is this the right tire for you? Let’s take a look at this Predator New Mutant X-RT review.

Features and Benefits

The New Mutant X-RT is a versatile rugged terrain tire that helps you achieve performance blended with quiet and comfort. You get balanced on-road performance and off-road traction. They are more durable and better on unpaved roads because of their aggressive tread patterns and reinforced construction. These tires should be your first choice if you drive pickup trucks, vans, and full-sized SUVs for delivering excellent performance in wear, winter, and wet weather conditions.

Let’s take a look at the Predator New Mutant X-RT tire review to help understand all its features and benefits at a glance:

• Good traction: The New Mutant X-RT features an optimized void-to-lug ratio for extreme off-road conditions that provides unparalleled traction in mud, snow, sand, and rocky terrain.
• Reduced hydroplaning: The deep tread depth of the New Mutant X-RT is enhanced for off-road capability, hydroplaning resistance, and longer tread life.
• On- and off-road compatible: Staggered shoulder lugs provide enhanced biting edge and traction on rocky terrain.
• Self-cleaning ability: Mud and stone ejectors in between shoulder lug blocks help shed mud and prevent stone drilling.
• Lower noise and long-lasting: The New Mutant X-RT has an advanced “X” tread pattern and pitch variation that tames road noise for a smoother highway ride and increases comfort for drivers and passengers.
• Extremely Durable: The aggressive “TALON” X-RT dual sidewall design not only delivers added off-road traction and sidewall armor balances chip-and-tear resistance on coarse and off-road surfaces improving the tread life.

Available in 17 to 28-inch sizes, the tire carries a 50,000-mile limited tread life warranty.

Pros and Cons

Before deciding to buy the New Mutant X-RT tire or not, let’s first drill down a few factors that can help you decide whether or not the tire is right for you.

PROS:

• Optimized void-to-lug ratio for extreme off-road conditions provides unparalleled traction in mud, snow, sand, and rocky terrain.
• Deep tread depth for enhanced off-road capability, hydroplaning resistance, and longer tread life.
• Staggered shoulder lugs provide enhanced biting edge and traction on rocky terrain.
• Mud and stone ejectors in between shoulder lug blocks help shed mud and prevent stone drilling.
• Advanced “X” tread pattern and pitch variation tame road noise for a smoother highway ride and increase comfort for drivers and passengers.
• The aggressive “TALON” X-RT dual sidewall design not only delivers added off-road traction and sidewall armor but also gives enthusiasts aesthetic options.
• Backed by a 50,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty

While Predator makes a good claim about the New Mutant X-RT tire’s performance, some shortcomings may divide opinions.

• The ride is firmer than its closest premium competitors
• Tread noise can be an issue on rough pavement
• Not ideal for use on icy surfaces
• Not available for use coupes, sedans, minivans, and some CUVs

SimpleTire’s view on Predator New Mutant X-RT tires

You can consider the New Mutant X-RT from Predator, as it features an aggressive tread pattern that improves traction and performance on any terrain plus its next-gen lightweight construction further boosts ride comfort and increases steering response to give drivers confident performance anywhere.

Adaptable and tough are the signature traits of our New Mutant X-RT, giving off-road enthusiasts a tire built to perform on rugged terrain with ease and feel at home on the highway, delivering them a comfortable drive that’s good enough even for any daily-driven truck or SUV. Going by the SimpleScore this tire has a great average score of 8, which includes a solid average score of 8.6 for longevity and great scores of 8 and 7.7 out of 10 in durability and traction.

Every tire has its strengths, and what you prioritize will shape your decision. If unmatched traction is crucial, look no further than the BlackHawk Hiscend-H HA11 with a traction SimpleScore of 8. On the durability front, the Advanta ATX-850 leads the pack with an average score of 8.7. Those seeking affordability will find the Evoluxx Rotator A/T to be a compelling choice at $151 per tire.

Vehicles the Predator New Mutant X-RT is a good replacement tire for

The New Mutant X-RT is commonly used as a replacement tire option for vehicles such as the Chevrolet Colorado, Ford F-350-Super-Duty-XLT, Jeep Cherokee, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tundra, RAM 3500-Lone-Star, Toyota Tacoma and many more.