I ended up taking only one more attempt to get it right this morning, now it's exactly -1.5 degrees on both sides. I didn't end up taking any of the above measures, but if the same thing happens again I'll do that next time. I tightened the bolts as tight as I possibly could by hand with a fairly long bar, so it should be OK hopefully.
I finally took some more photos of my car, I'll upload them all shortly.