I took a few pictures along the way and have some tips if anyone is considering doing their own boat. My carpet started out charcoal gray, but through the years and wear it became thread bare, sun rotted in places, floor area between the consoles wouldn't stay tacked down no matter how much 3M I sprayed and it was almost completely black. Now that I have all my motor issues worked out, time for the cosmetics.
(if these pics are too big, Backlash is welcome to help out with the sizing)
Removed the rod lockers, notice the color and the lack of carpet around the pedestal seat.
Took all the lids off and started working on getting all the hardware off to begin the process of removing the old carpet.
This is a look at how much the carpet has changed, I did not replace the underside of the lids ot the boxes.
New carpet sample laid over the old stuff, pictures can't show the difference in feel. Fished today and notice padding under my feet instead of a hard surface.
Rod locker lid all prepped and ready to go. This one took the longest and after this one I bought some Goof Off, BIG HELP!
Storage box after carpet removed, with backing and glue still stuck on it. I didn't find a single lid that they skimped on the glue.
Took a scraper to get the big stuff off. My hand is bandaged because I took a big chunk out of it with a spanner wrench on an angle grinder because some idoit used regular nuts and bolt to install the half deck extension. Rusted beyond being able to use wrenches or vice grips to remove the extension.
Same lid about ten minutes later. I found that spraying Goof Off on a 12"x 12" area was about right to disolve the glue and give you time to use a drill and a wire bruch to remove the old glue.
Front deck scraped and prepped ready for the new carpet
Same for the back deck.
Finally some progress!
While I was at it I cleaned up the seats. Magic Eraser is everything the name implies!!
Guest rod locker is in two pieces, one is part of the whole back deck floor piece and the other goes to the bottom and up the side all the way to the trim. This took longer than any other area of the boat.
Glued and waiting for it to cure before trimming corners. Used an outdoor carpet glue on the decks and floor, 3M 90 for all the lids. *NOTE* let the 3M breath for about two minutes before applying the carpet, but make sure you have the lid EXACTLY where you want it before making contact. There is a reason it is called "contact cement"
I need to upload the finished photos, possibly tomorrow. I figured out if you lay a level broadside along the lids, that will give you a perfect amount of overlap to tuck into the underside of the lids and behind the existing carpet. That was a huge time saver cutting out all the lids! Cutting corners is explained in the Bass Boat Restoration section and it works perfect! I actually allowed a little more overlay for the corners, but you don't want too much.
More tomorrow night, this boy is tired and I have to get up and fish tomorrow!
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Don't know that the little woman would appreciate me taking out a couple of her shade trees. 
Next trip in May we're headed to Lake Fork.
Pay attention to the carpet, not the shop or the 21' skeeter parked next to my boat. Ok, the shop is pretty impressive!!
My boat came with a third pedestal seat that I never used. Carpeted over the plate in the floor and filled in the hole in the extension and covered it up. The original 6" aluminum plate would flat light you up in the summer time if you sat down to tie on another bait.
Back deck, I did cut out the hole for the pedestal seat on the front and back deck later. 
My "new" 2000 201!! I am going to redo the storage between the seats later, need to find the cup holders first.
, or I could just drop it off with you the next time I head to Sweetwater. 
